CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One person is being treated for serious injuries after a shooting near West Charlotte High School on Friday, according to Medic.
It happened on Burbank Drive, about half a mile away from West Charlotte High School. Medic said the person has life-threatening injuries.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools initially said that West Charlotte High School and West Mecklenburg High School were placed under lockdown due to police activity in the area. However, CMS later clarified that the schools were not placed under lockdown. The statement from CMS reads:
"Today, we were notified that CMPD had issued a lockdown to West Chartlotte and West Mecklenburg High schools due to nearby police activity after 11:10 a.m.
After speaking with both principals this afternoon, we learned a lockdown at those locations was not necessitated and did not occur.
Please let your viewers know that CMS and CMPD work together closely when police situations occur near our schools and that sometimes things change rapidly.
Apologies for any inconvenience and we appreciate everything our media partners do to inform our CMS stakeholders about our schools."
At this time, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has not released any information about a potential suspect for the shooting.
WCNC Charlotte has reached out to CMPD for further comment.
MORE ON WCNC CHARLOTTE: Former Chester County supervisor pleads guilty to drug trafficking, criminal conspiracy
MORE ON WCNC CHARLOTTE: The legendary Charlotte ad man behind a clever vodka campaign