Melakah Corbette

Murdered
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On February 1, 2024, at approximately 1:15 a.m., 17-year-old Melakah Ajani Corbette was fatally shot on Pitts Drive near L.C. Coleman Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) responded to reports of gunfire and discovered Corbette with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Corbette was a student at Julius L. Chambers High School and had recently signed with a modeling agency in New York, with plans to pu ...Read More
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  • Queen City News: 17-year-old boy identified in deadly NW Charlotte shooting: CMPD

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    Victim Details

    Melakah Corbette

    Male

    Black / African American

    Charlotte

    NC

    2024-02-01

    17

    Melakah

    Corbette

    12/24/2024

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