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NC Teen Anthony Amey ID’d As Driver In Deadly Concord Walmart Hit-And-Run ‘Over Parking Space’

CABARRUS COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — Anthony Amey, of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been identified as the suspect arrested after a deadly hit-and run over a parking spot at a Cabarrus County Walmart Thursday night.

Amey, 19, was operating a vehicle when he fatally struck 55-year-old Leon Phillip Fortner, of Charlotte, in the parking lot of the Concord Walmart Thursday night.

According to reports, Fortner had exited his vehicle after he was Amey had a dispute over a parking space at the Walmart Supercenter on Thunder Road Northwest in Concord around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Officials say, Amey then allegedly hit Fortner with his vehicle and then fled the scene.

Investigators were able to get a description of the Amey’s vehicle and later located the vehicle and Amay at his home in north Charlotte.

Amey was arrested and placed on a $50,000 secured bond. He waived his right to an attorney at an appearance in Cabarrus County District Court on Friday, according to court records, and his next appearance is set for Sept. 22.

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Geo quick facts: Cabarrus County is a county located in the south-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 178,011. The county seat is Concord, which was incorporated in 1803. Cabarrus County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.

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