CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man has been arrested in Texas for a deadly shooting that happened in east Charlotte on October 14th.
Officers were called to North Sharon Amity near Central Avenue around 7am on Monday, October 14th for a welfare check. When they arrived on the scene, they located 25-year-old Jose Antonio Mejia-Gaona suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
MEDIC pronounced Mejia-Gaona dead on the scene. Julio Cesar Chacon Venegas, 41, was arrested in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, October 19th, according to a news release. Police say Venegas will be extradited to Mecklenburg County in the coming weeks. He has been charged with murder, according to CMPD.
Anyone with information on this murder is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.