CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A suspect was arrested three counties away after being accused of killing a 16-year-old this week in northeast Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.
CMPD says 28-year-old Taquawn Lewis was located in the Rutherford County town of Bostic on Thursday and arrested by the sheriff’s office. The Gaston County man was wanted in the killing of Joseph Samuel.
Lewis was transferred to the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and is charged with the following:
- First Degree Murder
- Possession of Firearm by Felon
On Tuesday, May 19, officers with the CMPD Homicide Unit responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call May 19 in the 100 block of Tom Hunter Road shortly after 2:30 p.m…