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Overnight: Deadly shooting in southwest Charlotte
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A homicide investigation is underway following a deadly shooting in southwest Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Monday. Officers responded to calls regarding the incident around 1:30 p.m. near 8900 Rachel Freeman in west Charlotte. A man was found suffering from gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on scene. There is no […]
One dead after tree falls on Charlotte apartment building, neighbors say
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One person was killed when a tree crashed through an apartment building in Plaza Midwood early Monday morning, neighbors said. The incident happened a little before 2 a.m. at an apartment complex at Commonwealth Avenue and Morningside Drive. Neighbors told WCNC Charlotte that a person who lives on the third floor was killed when the tree fell into the building. Medic said one person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
One seriously hurt after northwest Charlotte shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - One person is seriously hurt after a shooting in northwest Charlotte late Saturday night. According to MEDIC, the shooting happened just before midnight on Lasalle Street. An ambulance could be seen leaving the area with a police escort. MEDIC said the person who was shot was...
Charlotte Rocked by Back-to-Back Shootings, Police Investigating Consecutive Night Incidents with Victims in Serious Condition
A stark sequence of gun violence has unfolded in Charlotte over two consecutive nights, leaving multiple individuals grappling with the aftermath of unexpected aggression. The first of these incidents occurred on Friday night, just after 8 p.m., along Katelyn Drive in the northern sector of the city. According to WSOC-TV, MEDIC reported that one person was seriously injured and subsequently taken to Atrium Main, facing life-threatening injuries as a result of the shooting.
Power restored for hundreds in Cabarrus County after crash crushes utility poles on NC-49
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — Hundreds of people were without power in Cabarrus County after a concrete truck took down multiple utility poles on Saturday and caused NC-49 to shut down in both directions. Power has been restored for most of the approximately 500 homes and businesses that went dark...
Man pleads guilty years after deadly shooting of pregnant Charlotte woman
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nearly five years after 28-year-old Aiesha Shantel Summers was shot and killed in Charlotte, the man accused of killing her and her unborn child pleaded guilty. On Aug. 12, 2019, CMPD officers responded to an apartment complex after a reported shooting and found Summers, who had...
Reported armed person on Charlotte school campus prompts LJCC lockdown
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A reported armed person on a school campus in Charlotte Thursday evening prompted the Levine Jewish Community Center to go on a temporary lockdown. Police said Friday they were called to an “isolated incident” just before 5 p.m. Thursday on Providence Road outside of school hours.
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