Teen killed during robbery attempt at Concord home + Cam Newton’s video about being backup QB

Tamia Boyd
·2 min read

Howdy! It’s Tamia here. Welcome to rain, rain, go away Friday.

Calling all pizza lovers from thin crust to Neapolitan to Detroit-styled and Chicago deep dish. This one is for you.

You’ve told us your favorite pizzerias, restaurants or food trucks serving up slices. Now it’s time to vote in the CharlotteFive Reader’s Choice 2023 poll to find out who has the best pizza in the Charlotte-area.

Round Two will determine the top 30 and is currently live. It will be live until noon April 10.

Now tell me, which place should I try today?

1. Teen shot and killed in Concord during attempted armed robbery, police say

Google Maps image of 285 Cabarrus Ave. West, where a Salisbury teen died after attempting armed robbery Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Google Maps image of 285 Cabarrus Ave. West, where a Salisbury teen died after attempting armed robbery Thursday, April 6, 2023.

Police are investigating the death of a Salisbury teen suspected in the armed robbery of a Concord man.

Police found 17-year-old Xavier Nehemiah Zion Charlton shot near the back of a house at 285 Cabarrus Ave. West — about a mile from downtown’s Market Street.

Nicholas Asbury, 24, who lives at the house on Cabarrus Avenue, told police he fired at two people after they confronted him with guns.

Concord Police later identified the two people as Charlton and Kareem Mayo, 22.

Julia Coin has more.

2. Cam Newton filmed a video declaring which NFL QBs he’d back up. It’s woefully misguided.

Cam Newton posted a video in early April 2023 in which he said he would be willing to be an NFL backup quarterback, but only for certain quarterbacks in the league. Newton, who had two stints with the Carolina Panthers and was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 2015, was out of the league in 2022 after he couldn’t find a job as a starting NFL quarterback.

Cam Newton, the former Carolina Panther QB, read off a list of 12 NFL quarterbacks he’d be willing to back up but left off some big names in the video.

On Newton’s list were a dozen quarterbacks he said he wouldn’t mind backing up. They were Deshaun Watson, Lamar Jackson, Justin Fields, Jalen Hurts and others.

Not on Newton’s list: Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence, Justin Herbert, Dak Prescott and a number of other high-profile quarterbacks.

Scott Fowler has more on Cam Newton’s video.

3. Sandwich Max is closing up shop in South End as its building redevelops into apartments

You can pick up the Pressed TCB at both Sandwich Max locations — Seventh Street and South End.
You can pick up the Pressed TCB at both Sandwich Max locations — Seventh Street and South End.

Sandwich Max’s South End location — a fixture in the area since 1993 — is closing up shop Wednesday, April 12, after its building was sold. Now, a different spin on the concept is in the works.

Plans call for Chicago-based Sterling Bay to break ground on a high-rise luxury apartment tower at the site this year.

Owner Sam Nicholson said that he’s partnering with ghost kitchen South End Eats on a takeout and delivery concept that will keep the Sandwich Max brand alive.

Heidi Finley has the details.

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