CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating after one person has died in east Charlotte in the 3200 block of Shamrock Drive, which is near the intersection with Eastway Drive.
Police were responding to a domestic incident call regarding a woman being forced into a vehicle. When police saw the car in question, they cased it. At some point during the chase, someone inside the car started firing at CMPD.
When police caught up with the car, which had stopped, they found the suspect in the road with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim had minor injuries.
No officers were hurt in the incident, and no officers fired their weapons according to CMPD. Police told WCNC Charlotte that a squad car was hit with a bullet from the suspect.
CMPD confirmed after midnight that the case is now being considered a death investigation, and no longer a homicide.
Editor's Note: A previous version of this story reflected initial CMPD reporting that the investigation was taking place on North Sharon Amity Road. Police originally referred to the investigation as a homicide, but the nature of the death is still being investigated.
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