Charlotte repeat offender charged with killing man hours after release on bond
David Simpson allegedly shot two men in Charlotte less than two hours after his bond release from Mecklenburg County Jail on an unrelated charge.
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A convicted killer allegedly shot two men, killing one, less than two hours after he was released from a North Carolina jail on bond last week, a stunning timeline that is raising fresh questions about why the repeat violent offender was free in the first place.
David Simpson, 29, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and possession of a firearm by a felon in the July 29 shooting at an east Charlotte apartment complex.
A Mecklenburg County judge on Friday ordered that he be held without bond.
Court records obtained by WCNC show Simpson was released from the Mecklenburg County Jail at 12:20 a.m. after posting a $10,000 bond on an unrelated charge of possession of a weapon by a prisoner.
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