CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man has pleaded guilty to murder in the killing of 25-year-old Jose Alexander Lara Hernandez in southwest Charlotte last year.
Court documents show Danny Cardoza-Lara pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder without regard as part of a plea agreement to have the robbery with a dangerous weapon and two counts of discharging a weapon into occupied property charges dropped.
This comes over a year after the fatal shooting in the 5300 block of South Tryon Street on April 19, 2025. Cardoza-Lara fled to Alexandria, Virginia, where he was arrested by the Alexandria Police Department…