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Najee Pendergrass

Case from Charlotte, NC dated May 17, 2025

Victim Details

Najee Pendergrass

Male

Black / African American

Charlotte

NC

2025-05-17

27

Najee

Pendergrass

06/30/2026

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Najee Pendergrass, a 27-year-old male, Black/African American, died in the early hours of May 17, 2025, after a shooting in west Charlotte. Police were called around 2:40 a.m. to the 2400 block of Freedom Drive, where officers found Najee Pendergrass in a parking lot with gunshot wounds; MEDIC pronounced him dead at the scene. Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit responded, processed the area for evidence, and began interviewing witnesses as the investiga ...
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  • WCCB Charlotte's CW: Man shot and killed at West Charlotte food truck lot - WCCB Charlotte's CW
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