CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One person was killed and another was hurt in a double shooting in east Charlotte, police said.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were called to a reported shooting at the Sharon Pointe apartments just off North Sharon Amity Road, near Milton Road and East W.T. Harris Boulevard around 5 a.m. When officers got to the area, they found two people who'd been shot.
Both victims were rushed to Atrium Health's Carolinas Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, where one of them died, Medic said. The victim who died has since been identified as 22-year-old Markus Petty.
No suspects have been identified in this case.
This same location had a shooting that injured two children in 2020.
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