CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A Charlotte mother is sharing her heartbreak after losing her 34-year-old son, Shabazz "Messiah" Grant, who was fatally shot last week in a string of violent events that also left two others dead, including the suspected gunman.

Grant’s mother described the moment her life changed forever in an online post.

“On October 23 my life as Messiah’s mother was forever changed,” she wrote. “It was a normal day for my son. He had done his usual shift at Amazon, his full-time job, and afterwards logged on to do some Lyft rides as he sometimes did on the side.”

According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, the shootings began around 4:15 p.m. on October 23 near North Hoskins Road and Brookshire Boulevard in northwest Charlotte.

Two men, Grant and Justin Westbrook Carlt

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