Roshode Chapman

Story Update: Police arrested 17-year-old Roshode Jawade Chapman and charged him with murder in relation to the overnight killing of 23-year-old Rashan Malik Bouldin.

Chapman was being held in the Mecklenburg jail.

Police said the two men knew one another and that the killing was not a random act.

Jail records show that Chapman was arrested twice in 2010, once for resisting a public officer and once for misdemeanor drug possession and assault and battery.
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A 23-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday morning in the University Park community, just blocks from West Charlotte High School.

Police identified the victim as Rashan Malik Bouldin.

Officers were in the area investigating an unrelated call for service at about 1:49 a.m. when they heard multiple gunshots coming from the University Gardens Apartment complex on Southwest Boulevard. As officers arrived, they reported seeing a black male run from the scene.

Police sealed off the area and called for the K-9 unit to track the unidentified male. Meanwhile, paramedics arrived and pronounced Bouldin dead at 1:57 a.m.

Less than an hour later, a man called 911 to report that he was involved in the shooting. Officers went to his location and took him to police headquarters for questioning.

Anyone with information is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a homicide detective, or call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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