CHARLOTTE — A man living in the woods behind an east Charlotte park stabbed another man to death after a fight Monday, police said. Detectives arrested Natt Soth in connection with the killing that happened near Devonshire Park, behind Devonshire Elementary School.
The victim was seen on gas station surveillance video attacking Soth with a large wooden stick and a slingshot, according to court documents.
CMPD arrested Natt Soth in connection with yesterday's homicide in the woods behind Devonshire Park in east Charlotte.
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The victim then went into the woods and Soth followed him a short time later.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department spoke with a witness who said Soth lived in the woods with the victim.
The witness told police that he and the victim were inside their shelter in the woods when Soth and a male approached them.
The witness said that Soth and the victim got into a fight. The witness told police he heard a gunshot and then saw Soth and the male run away in different directions.
He then saw the victim was stabbed.
CMPD spoke to Soth and he said the victim was “always bothering him” and “hit him with a large stick” and was “shooting rocks at him with his slingshot,” according to the affidavit.
Soth told police he stabbed the victim when the two were fighting. The victim hasn’t been identified.
Soth is being held at the Mecklenburg County jail under no bond.
This is a developing story. Check back with wsoctv.com and watch Eyewitness News for updates.
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