CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS/WGHP) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with an early morning shooting in Uptown Charlotte that left one man dead, according to CMPD.
Shortly before 4 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, officers responded to the 700 block of West Trade Street about an assault with a deadly weapon. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound.
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The victim, later identified as 33-year-old Manuel De Jesus Martinez, died at the scene.
The Greensboro Police Department confirmed to FOX8 that Martinez was formerly an officer with the GPD. He was hired on July 1, 2018, sworn in on Feb. 28, 2019, and resigned on Sept. 1, 2022…