A Charlotte man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury yesterday convicted him of first-degree murder in a 2020 shooting that killed 25-year-old Demarcus Mack. Jurors found 33-year-old Antonio Rollins guilty in Mack’s death, and a judge ordered a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors told jurors that Rollins opened fire at a Ford Mustang outside a gas station in the Brookshire Boulevard area in the early hours of Feb. 29, 2020. According to authorities, one bullet pierced the roof of a Dodge Magnum and struck Mack in the back of the head. As reported by WCNC, Rollins was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and received a life-without-parole sentence.
Reporting from the time places the shooting near North Crigler Street and Rozzelles Ferry Road, just west of the Brookshire Boulevard and I-85 interchange. Mack was taken to a hospital and died the following day. WFAE noted the killing was one of several homicides in Charlotte that week, a grim stretch that kept detectives and community members on edge…