. >>> in west charlotte police say jacorei davis was found shot to death on donald ross road. investigators don't think it was random. the shooting scene was right next to a ymca where day. no one was arrested in that case. >>> channel 9 is dedicated to staying on top of both of these investigations. go to wsoctv.com. >>> history in havana just hours ago president obama arrived in cuba. his trip marks the fourth presidential visit to the country in nearly 90 years. the president will be there for 48 hours. the triple focus on potential trade and business opportunities and booking >> for the first time ever air force one has landed in cuba, and this is our very first stop. so this is a historic visit and it's a historic opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people. and agreements and commercial deals between ties with our two. >> paypal ceo is one of the visitors invited to join cuba. the entire first family is with the president and took in some sightseeing. the president will not be with his brother fidel. charlotte may soon get a direct flight to cuba and american >>

jacorei davis was found dead. this shooting happened right next to a ymca where families were coming and going all day. >> it is a continuous thing. >> does it scare you? >> yes. i have two. yes, it is frightening. >> reporter: cmpd said davis' death was not a random act of violence. in charlotte this year. the increase in homicides is having the chief asking the city council for 125 additional police officers and 80 support staff positions. it is a $17 million request. city council members are still putting together a budget. they do not know how they would pay for it. it is searching for an attempted murder suspect that cut off his electronic monitor. officers are looking for christopher crittenton. they say he cut off his monitor around the university city boulevard area last night. he was ordered to wear it on a condition of his pretrial release. >>> along with the attempted first-degree murder charge, he faces robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery charles. >>> there are new developments in the fly dubai pl

reporter: hours later before 2:00 p.m., another deadly shooting in west charlotte. 27-year-old jacorei davis was also pronounced dead at the scene. >>> for hours, the police collected evidence. the west charlotte shooting happened next to a ymca where families were coming and going all day. >> i was like going into the building and a lot of police >> they could kill innocent child or somebody trying to get their child. it is bad. it is bad. >> reporter: area residents want the violence to stop. >> i have two. it is frightening. >> reporter: police say the shooting in west charlotte was not a random act of violence. >>> reporting from cmpd headquarters, elsa gillis, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> >> the increase in violence across charlotte has the police chief asking for more help on the seeds. the chief asked the city council for 125 additional police officers and 80 support staff positions. it is a $17 million request. city council members are still putting together a budget. they have not determined how they would pay for it. >>> they are searching for an attempted murder suspect that offi

. >> reporter: before 2:00 p.m., another deadly shooting in west charlotte. 27-year-old jacorei davis was also pronounced dead at the scene. for hours they collected evidence as people close to davis rushed to the area devastated by his death. the west charlotte shooting happened where families were >> i was like going into the building and a lot of police started showing up in the area. >> they could kill an innocent child. it is bad. >> reporter: area residents tell us they want the violence to stop. >> it is a continuous thing. >> reporter: does it scare you? >> yes. it is frightening. >> reporter: police say the shooting in west charlotte was not a random act of violence. there have been eight homicides in the city of charlotte in 2016. elsa gillis, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> >> the increase in violence has the police chief acting for more help on the streets. he asked for 125 additional officers, 80 support staff positions as well, a 17 million doll last request. city council members are putting together a budget. they have not determined how they will pay for that request. ne

they say someone shot and killed jacorei davis near the ymca on donald krause road. >>> today, mooresville residents could voice concerns about a controversial retail development. the proposed project would include an academy sports store, a costco and six other businesses. some neighbors signed a petition against this, though, suffer. town officials are set to vote on the project today. >>> we told you last week a mooresville pastor is opposed to the large shopping center for multiple reasons. he says there will be a full- scale gun shop at the academy sports, putting a major gun retailer less than 1,000 yards from a church. he says he proposed the costco would violate the brawley school area plan against big box stores, as well. >>> tonight, charlotte leaders will vote on a plan to bring a new bank, grocery store and hotel to ballentine. it would be at yan johnston road and providence road west. some neighbors are concerned it would bring too much traffic to an already busy intersection. other developers are building apartments and a church campus nearby. >>> the chester county council p

police say jacorei davis was found shot to death on donald ross road on saturday. investigators don't believe it was random. no one has been arrested. channel 9 is staying on top of both of these investigations. you can sign up to have alerts sent to your phone. go wsoctv.com and click on the news tab and scroll to alert signup. >>> an explosion in downtown greensboro involving two men holes damaged a building and nearby cars. look at this here, police say it happened around 9:00 last night near the biltmore greensboro hotel. thankfully, no one was hurt. investigators believe an underground electrical conduit causeth the explosion. >>> look at this video here, police are investigating multiple fights at unc the fights happened during a school event on campus friday night. now, the school said there were two aggravated assaults, one happened inside a gym, the other in the parking lot. police haven't announced any arrests at this point. many say the video only shows part of what happened and that a student was knocked out. >> apparently somebody got real -- beat up r