Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police reported three weekend killings -- all within a 36-hour period -- and bringing to 40 the number of homicides reported this year.

Police had investigated 33 killings this time last year.

The three most recent homicides were:

A victim was stabbed to death Sunday afternoon in the 4900 block of Central Avenue behind the Advenir Apartments, near North Sharon Amity Road.

Police did not release the victim’s name pending notification of next of kin.

Shortly after 12 p.m., officers from the Eastway Division responded to a call in reference to an assault with a deadly weapon. When they arrived, they found the victim suffering from apparent stab wounds. Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

Witnesses told police that a white male and white female arrived in a white Chevrolet Camaro and were seen getting into in the victim’s green Honda Accord. An altercation ensued a short time later, and the white male and white female were seen running from the victim’s car.

Police later arrested 17-year-old Danielle Alexandria Holmes and 18-year-old Jonathan Fitzgerald. Both were charged with murder.

Police said they believe the victim met with Holmes and Fitzgerald to sell them heroin. During the course of the transaction, police said, the suspects robbed and stabbed the victim.

Police located a white Camaro, which was seized as evidence.

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Jamal Salih, 46, died Saturday after being shot inside an Internet sweepstakes café on Tuckaseegee Road.

Witnesses told police the suspect entered the Business Center around 1 p.m. and demanded money from the cashier while customers were inside. Salih and suspect got into an altercation and Salih was shot. He was pronounced dead at Carolina Medical Center-Main.

The suspect, who fled on foot, was described as a black male, approximately 6 feet tall, with a black cloth covering his face.

Police believe this surveillance photo, above, right, shows the man who killed Salih running from the building.

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Jonathan Jackson, 24, died Saturday, hours after he and another person were shot in chest at a party in north Charlotte.

Police later arrested 21-year-old Vernon Carlton Davis (pictured here) on murder charges. Davis was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflict serious injury.

Police said the shootings, which happened Saturday around 4:31 a.m., stemmed from an argument.

Officers from the Metro Division responded to a call concerning shots fired in the 2700 block of Grimes Street, between N. Graham and N. Tryon streets. As police arrived, they saw a large crowd leaving a party. Witnesses told police that two gunshot victims had taken themselves to Carolinas Medical Center-Main.

Jackson was reported dead hours later. The second victim, whose name was not released, was shot in the leg and suffered no life-threatening injuries.

The Mecklenburg sheriff's website shows that Davis has been arrested at least seven times. Those charges included, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a female, driving with a revoked license and drug-related offenses.

Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
 

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