Channel 9′s Glenn Counts spoke to one family who lost a loved one to gun violence as the year came to an end. They said they wanted the new year to bring new safety measures after more than five murders occurred over the span of 48 hours.

A man is dead after a shooting in east Mecklenburg County overnight Sunday. Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit said it happened just before 10 p.m. on Old Camden Road. Police said they got a call about shots being fired and found 31-year-old Cameron Lackey shot once. He died at the scene.

Michael McAllister, 18, was charged with murder in the shooting death of 31-year-old Cameron Lackey in Mecklenburg County.

A man is dead after a shooting in east Mecklenburg County overnight Sunday. Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit said it happened just before 10 p.m. on Old Camden Road.

Two men currently held on gun charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man three weeks ago in Dorchester are now both also facing murder counts in connection with the slaying, police said Tuesday.

A man has been charged with murder after a shooting at a Holmes County bar. Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said Michael Stewart, Jr., 18, shot and killed Jameon Crockwell, 33, at The Hole in the Wall.