UPDATE: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Homicide Unit Detectives have charged Robert Lee Parker with the murder of Richard Dean Alwiel.------
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Homicide Unit Detectives are conducting a death investigation at 5808 Hornet Drive in the North Division. The incident was reported at 4:56 p.m., on Tuesday, March 8th. The deceased has been positively identified as Richard Dean Alwiel, 49.
North Division officers responded to a call for service reporting that someone had been shot. When the officers arrived on scene, they entered the house and found the victim lying on the floor in the kitchen suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. He was pronounced deceased by Medic at 5:12 p.m.
Witnesses at the residence gave the officers a description of the shooter and stated that he ran from the house on foot after the shooting. Officers located the shooter moments later and transported him to police headquarters for questioning. Witnesses to the shooting will be transported to police headquarters for questioning as well. At this early point in the investigation, it is apparent that this is not a random act of violence as the deceased and the shooter were known to each other.