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March 4th, 2009, 08:55 AM
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/Special2bme/M_IMAGE11fad1529cc9388fad021bbfb96.jpgCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some call it a "secretive topic," a prevalent problem among young people that, this time, may have cost an Olympic High School cheerleader her life.
Police say Charney Watt, 18, died in a shooting Sunday in north Charlotte. Boyfriend Gary Lavon Daniels, 18, faces a murder charge.
"It's such a secretive topic," said Sandy Hammond, who helps run a teen dating violence program for Mecklenburg County. "I feel that the most powerful tool we have is other people in a teenager's life recognizing that there's a problem."
Detectives have not given a specific motive in Watt's death but do call the shooting domestic-related.
"She was in love," said Shirley Rogers, Watt's grandmother.
Watt was a track star and a popular cheerleader in and out of uniform.
Gary Daniels
"No matter what happened in her life, she never gave up," said Rogers.
Watt's desire to never give up may have cost her life. Rogers says Watt's had returned with Daniels.
"She had broken up with him and she was doing good, and maybe they was just trying to get back together," Rogers said. "It might have been that he didn't want her to break up with him."
[...]http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/wcnc-030309-mw-teen_dating_death.21bb2174.html
Police say Charney Watt, 18, died in a shooting Sunday in north Charlotte. Boyfriend Gary Lavon Daniels, 18, faces a murder charge.
"It's such a secretive topic," said Sandy Hammond, who helps run a teen dating violence program for Mecklenburg County. "I feel that the most powerful tool we have is other people in a teenager's life recognizing that there's a problem."
Detectives have not given a specific motive in Watt's death but do call the shooting domestic-related.
"She was in love," said Shirley Rogers, Watt's grandmother.
Watt was a track star and a popular cheerleader in and out of uniform.
Gary Daniels
"No matter what happened in her life, she never gave up," said Rogers.
Watt's desire to never give up may have cost her life. Rogers says Watt's had returned with Daniels.
"She had broken up with him and she was doing good, and maybe they was just trying to get back together," Rogers said. "It might have been that he didn't want her to break up with him."
[...]http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/wcnc-030309-mw-teen_dating_death.21bb2174.html