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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers were justified in the fatal shooting of a man<\/a> last October, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather concluded in a report<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Before officers Joseph Pharr and Reilly Delk shot at Joseph Andrade on Oct. 23, he attempted three carjackings, killed two people, kidnapped a woman at gunpoint from her own home and shot at police while evading them, according to a letter that Merriweather sent to the State Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is without question that (the officers) were justified in exercising deadly force in defense of themselves, the kidnapping victim, and members of the public,\u201d Merriweather wrote. \u201cAccordingly, the State will not pursue criminal charges related to the death of Joseph Ajani Andrade.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather said he would not charge police with CMPD over a fatal shooting of a N.C. man in October 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"\nCharlotte prosecutor clears police who killed man after he kidnapped and killed - \u0421harlotte Relocation Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=91\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charlotte prosecutor clears police who killed man after he kidnapped and killed - 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