Ryan Simpson is a 28 year-old man from Charlotte, North Carolina.

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After responding to a call about a reported shooting On January 29, 2016, Charlotte police officers found a man inside a car with a gun near Northlake Centre Parkway.

The officers on the scene determined that there may have been a second car and begin to pursue leads; Shortly thereafter, police discovered Ryan Simpson inside the car with a gunshot wound to the stomach alongside several other passengers.

Simpson was then taken to Carolinas Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

In total, six people were arrested, Simpson has been charged with a narcotics violation while Ja-lil Marques Johns, Demontre McClure, Pierre McClure Jadarious Boston, and Tomeika Richardson, were all charged with robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.

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According to witnesses, the group had allegedly been together before getting into a heated argument, leading up to Simpson getting shot.

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