CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A person was taken to a Charlotte hospital after an apparent shooting Saturday evening.
Medic said it happened along Freedom Drive near Tuckaseegee Road. They said the patient was wounded around 6 p.m. and faced life-threatening injuries. As of writing, what may have led up to the shooting is not known.
It wasn't the only shooting paramedics responded to on Saturday. Just hours earlier, another person was hospitalized after a shooting along Wendover Road near Marvin Road. Similarly, officials said the victim's injuries in this shooting were also life-threatening.
WCNC Charlotte has reached out to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for more information. This article will be updated once we've been given more details.
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