1 dead after Charlotte QuikTrip gas station shooting - Thursday, August 17
One person was found shot to death at a northwest Charlotte gas station Wednesday morning. "People just done care anymore," said Lynette Jewel, who lives close by. "A shooting at this time of day -- it could have been anybody." Emergency crews responded to the reported shooting near the intersection of Bellhaven Boulevard and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road around 10 a.m. Medic confirmed one person was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Crime tape was put up in the parking lot of a QuikTrip gas station at the intersection. The shooting happened near where Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road meets North Carolina 16, near Interstate 485. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, police were pursuing a larceny suspect before the shooting took place. That suspect reportedly fired one shot while driving off. Then, police said the suspect got into an "altercation" with a person at the QuikTrip gas pump. That person drew a firearm before shooting and killing the suspect, according to CMPD. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/northwest-charlotte-deadly-shooting-bellhaven-boulevard-mt-holly-huntersville-road/275-c5dd7c0e-cd10-4507-bfab-484699db0372
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One person was found shot to death at a northwest Charlotte gas station Wednesday morning.
"People just done care anymore," said Lynette Jewel, who lives close by. "A shooting at this time of day -- it could have been anybody."
Emergency crews responded to the reported shooting near the intersection of Bellhaven Boulevard and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road around 10 a.m. Medic confirmed one person was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Crime tape was put up in the parking lot of a QuikTrip gas station at the intersection.
The shooting happened near where Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road meets North Carolina 16, near Interstate 485.
According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, police were pursuing a larceny suspect before the shooting took place. That suspect reportedly fired one shot while driving off. Then, police said the suspect got into an "altercation" with a person at the QuikTrip gas pump. That person drew a firearm before shooting and killing the suspect, according to CMPD.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/northwest-charlotte-deadly-shooting-bellhaven-boulevard-mt-holly-huntersville-road/275-c5dd7c0e-cd10-4507-bfab-484699db0372