Repeat offender allegedly kills man over parking space hours after jail release
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.Police said the shooting happened less than two hours later, around 1:45 a.m., leaving one man dead and another seriously wounded.Police said the shooting followed a long-running dispute over a parking space outside the apartment complex.
Officers had already been called to the property twice that night after arguments broke out between the victims and residents over where they had parked.Surveillance video cited in the documents appears to show Simpson outside with his girlfriend when the victims’ SUV drove past.Detectives said Simpson went inside, returned carrying what they described as a weighted black bag, and ran toward the victims.About 10 minutes later, two gunshots can be heard on the video.
Roughly 30 seconds after that, Simpson is seen jogging back toward his apartment while handling the bag before driving away, investigators said.Officers recovered two spent 7.62-caliber rifle casings at the scene.One victim died at the scene.
The second made it inside an apartment before collapsing and later underwent surgery.Court records show Simpson was previously charged with first-degree murder in a 2013 fatal shooting but pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2015,�...