Gastonia man found guilty of first-degree murder in 2021 killing; victim’s body was discovered in Charlotte

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A jury has reached a verdict in a 2021 murder case that spanned two cities.

On Thursday, Tahj Matthias Ji’Reh Wall was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Curtis Hopper, according to the Gaston County clerk’s office.

The case first made headlines back in May 2021, when Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were called to a Steele Creek neighborhood. Officers arrived around 12:18 p.m. to the 9900 block of Barrands Lane and discovered Hopper’s body…

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