A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer shot and killed an armed man Friday afternoon along LaSalle Street near Newland Road in north Charlotte, police said.
Officers were responding to a 911 call regarding a disturbance at approximately 2:42 p.m. when they observed an unrelated group nearby engaged in what appeared to be a criminal transaction.
Preliminary information indicates one individual in the group saw officers and immediately began walking away. Officers issued multiple commands for the man to stop before he ran away on foot, prompting a foot pursuit…