Archdale Drive Ain't What It Used To Be

Friday morning CMPD's Homicide Unit was conducting a homicide investigation in the 300 block of Archdale Drive in the Steele Creek Division.

Having arrived shortly after 10:00 a.m., officers were responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call for service in the 300 block of Archdale Drive. Upon arrival, officers discovered a victim with a gunshot wound. Medic pronounced the victim deceased on the scene.

Homicide Unit detectives and Crime Scene Search Unit processed the scene and the victim in this case was identified as Lashunda Shmicka McLendon, 42yo. 

The CMPD press release stated "The victim’s family has been notified of (his) death."

McLendon it turns out is a woman who was well liked by most accounts. 

Witnesses provided that there was some sort of argument which seemed to quiet down until gunshots were heard.

According to CMPD early Saturday morning Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department’s (CMPD) Violent Crime Apprehension Team (VCAT), Metro Division and Freedom Division located and arrested the suspect.

Ebonee Makeesa Rahman, 43yo, was transported to the Law Enforcement Center (LEC) and interviewed by homicide detectives.

Ebonee Makeesa Rahman Photo Courtesy MCSO

At the conclusion of the interviews, Rahman was transferred into custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office. Rahman has been charged with, Murder and Possession of Firearm by a Felon.

This isn't Rahman's first rodeo she has a number of priors, convictions and dismissals. Cases in Stanly and Iredell Counties are outstanding. Her arrest in Locust back in May concerns shoplifting and conspiracy She had been free on a $5,000.00 cash secured bond in that case. 

Other convictions reported are for AWDW, DWI Level 5, Assault on an Officer, Possession, and Felony Larceny.

Cedar's Take:

First Incarceration saves lives. Rahman should have been in prison after her second or third conviction.

Second Archdale ain't what is used to be. This is the second homicide in five days. What was once a blue collar and white neighborhood has become just another Charlotte shithole occupied by thugs and hoodrats as well as  hispanics who live 12 to an apartment. 

Once again Charlotte's City Council insistence on providing affordable housing (aka apartments) has made Charlotte a bug light for the vastly undeserable undercase of Americans. 

Watch the next decade as "South Charlotte" continues to shrink. Archdale Drive, South Boulevard at one time was a pretty safe place. Then Charlotte City Council allowed a oversaturation of apartments along Arrowood. Sharon Lakes became "Da Hood" overnight. 

South Charlotte was once considered South of Fairview and west to South Blvd and east to Monroe Road. Now it's East of Park Road and  West of Sardis. 

The wealthy are fleeing South Charlotte for Fort Mill, Weddington and Marvin.

Third PO's come in two sizes those who are a power trip and arrest mainly hot females and those who do just enough to fill out a timesheet and collect a pay check. Had the assigned PO done their job they would have saw that Rahman was locked up back in May.  Absolutely no excuse for not knowing the Rahman was out and about thieving. With probation having another year to run she should have been locked up and put away.