A tense day at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse turned violent when a Charlotte father sprinted down a fifth-floor hallway and repeatedly hit the man accused of killing his 16-year-old son. The confrontation on Feb. 19, 2026, sent the suspect to the hospital, landed the father in handcuffs, and forced the court to delay a key hearing over the suspect’s pretrial release.
Court filings and hallway video reviewed by local reporters show 47-year-old Shaheem Snype suddenly running at 21-year-old Marion McKnight, throwing punches and kicking him on the floor before deputies jumped in. A Mecklenburg County sheriff’s deputy used a Taser to break up the beating, according to WSOC. McKnight was taken from the courthouse to a hospital and received staples in his head, his…..