CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An 18-year-old was arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a west Charlotte motel earlier this week, court documents show.
Tyler James Minor was charged with murder for his alleged role in a deadly shooting at the Charlotte Express Inn on Lucky Penny Street on May 12. CMPD officers responded to a reported shooting at the motel a little before 6 p.m. When officers arrived at the hotel, they found a man who’d been shot multiple times in Room 2207, according to an affidavit. The victim was identified as a 24-year-old man.
According to the affidavit, detectives at the scene spoke to the victim’s girlfriend, who said a man by the name of “Tay” had been staying with the victim at the motel for about a month. The woman told officers that a friend called her about 20 minutes before CMPD arrived and said Minor shot and killed her boyfriend. The victim’s girlfriend rushed to the room and saw him lying on the ground in the room. She said he was covered by a sheet with a pillow over his body…