Charlotte landlord gunned down during eviction

Neighbors who watched as their landlord was shot to death expressed disbelief Wednesday about an eviction that ended in homicide in their Grier Heights neighborhood.

Jacob Massachi died Tuesday after trying to evict Shawn Howard and his pregnant girlfriend from a brick house off Monroe Road, police and neighbors said. The shooting ended weeks of turmoil between the men as neighbors looked on from their porches in the late afternoon sun.

Massachi, known to residents as "Mr. Jacob, the rent man," had told the couple they had to move out and Tuesday was their last day. He'd left a note on their door weeks earlier because they hadn't paid all of their rent, neighbors said.

About 4 p.m.

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