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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said Thursday that police had arrested two teenagers in connection with Tuesday’s random shootings
from a car at bicyclists, people in cars and others gathered on a Charlotte street.
A person in a car was fatally shot during the spree. “These were brazen crimes — crimes that put our community at risk,” Jennings said at a press conference at CMPD headquarters in uptown.
Police said the suspects are ages 16 and 18.
News of the arrests allayed fears in the public of a sniper or serial
shooter. CMPD first reported the shootings at an afternoon press conference
on Tuesday.
The driver wasn’t hurt, police said. At 1:11 a.m., someone in a car fired shots into a group of people standing in the 2100 block of Catherine Simmons Avenue. Shots hit a home, and a woman inside was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after being shot. At 1:25 a.m., shots hit a bicyclist
in the 100 block of Hilary Circle in the Steele Creek neighborhood. The bicyclist had non-life threatening injuries. CMPD didn’t say if any
shootings since the five early Tuesday morning are thought to be connected
to the two teenage suspects. Asked about it after Thursday’s press conference, a department spokesperson said they would respond later. CMPD
also didn’t say if anyone claimed the $10,000 reward. A spokesperson said CMPD would respond to that question later. Police said they are not looking
for any other suspects.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article289975334.html
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