Fatal shooting in south Charlotte that left one man dead happened after armed robbers wearing masks tried to steal from two people

Fatal shooting in south Charlotte that left one man dead happened after armed robbers wearing masks tried to steal from two people who police say are drug dealers, according to officers.The shooting happened about 10:45 p.m. Thursday on Scotch Heather Way. Police say one of the would-be robbers was shot dead after a scuffle, and a resident of the home had injuries that were not life-threatening. Officers had not identified the dead man by Friday night and hadn't released more information about the other people who broke into the townhome.When officers searched the house and a silver BMW belonging to one of the owners, they found marijuana. Also, people they interviewed in connection with the case said the residents were drug dealers, police said. <br />The residents – Ryan Clark Tucker and Sean Nicholls Tobin, both 23 – were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a vehicle for the use or storage of a controlled substance. Homicide detectives will also present their findings to the District Attorney's Office to see if any other charges will be filed against either of the men. The shooting happened in a part of town that had not had a slaying – or many other violent crimes – so far this year. The neighborhood if full of relatively new townhomes, said Capt. Roderick Golding, who oversees the South Division.But neighbors said they'd began to grow suspicious in the past couple months about what was going on inside the house with the silver BMW outside.“A lot of the neighbors said there had been activity going on there for a long time," Golding said. “But they never bothered to call police about it.”

Fatal shooting in south Charlotte that left one man dead happened after armed robbers wearing masks tried to steal from two people

Fatal shooting in south Charlotte that left one man dead happened after armed robbers wearing masks tried to steal from two people who polic...

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