Another One Bites The Dust

Just out of the shadows of the last night's DNC events one of Charlotte's street thugs was gunned down shortly after dusk.

Deceased Zachary Jamal Pittman

A year ago Zachary Jamal Pittman was arrest and charged with attempted 1st degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon (gun) and armed robbery and possession.

These guys play hard and when it comes to guns they die hard. A culture of violence that no amount of police intervention can disrupt, sadly it is in their DNA.
 

So it comes as little surprise that he met his end along the 10000 block of English Setter Drive around 8:48 p.m. Wednesday night.

Just after "hard dark" CMPD Officers responded to a call for service in reference to shots fired at the intersection of Yellow Rose Lane and Terrier Way. 

As officers rolled up to the location a trail of blood was noticeable. In the damp evening air the smell of gunpowder was heavy enough that it still lingered.

A second call came to police for a suspicious person on English Setter Drive, located in close proximity to the shots fired call, police say. When officers got to the scene, they found a man lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound.
 

Medic arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim deceased. He was later identified as 25-year-old Zachary Jamal Pittman.