On the evening of April 17, 2023, around 9:30 p.m., officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 300 block of Lakewood Avenue in west Charlotte. Two people were found with gunshot wounds; 26-year-old Lemuel Eugene Carr Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene and a second victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

CMPD detectives later identified two suspects. On April 19, 2023, the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division located and arrested 33-year-old Marcus Shankle on charges of murder and attempted murder. On April 24, 2023, 18-year-old Jonuss Jenkins was apprehended in South Carolina and charged with murder and attempted murder; both suspects were awaiting extradition to Charlotte and the victim’s family was notified.

The investigation into Carr’s death remains active. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 704-334-1600 or visit charlottecrimestoppers.com. Did anyone in the Lakewood Avenue area on April 17, 2023, see or hear anything that could help investigators?