On July 8, 2024, at approximately 5:30 a.m., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) officers responded to reports of a disabled vehicle on Rea Road, between Interstate 485 and Piper Glen Drive in south Charlotte. Upon arrival, they discovered 36-year-old Derrick Byas, a military veteran, deceased from a gunshot wound near his vehicle, which was found with its hazard lights on.
Investigators determined that minutes before his death, Byas had been at a bar, seen on surveillance f
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