CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All lanes of Interstate 77 at Clanton Road were closed Monday following a shooting that hospitalized one person. T
“It was definitely scary. One of the most scariest moments in my life,” said a driver who wants to remain anonymous and spoke about the shooting with WCNC Charlotte.
The driver said she heard about seven gunshots and then saw cars scrambling to get out of the area.
"After that first shot, I heard the car immediately, just, spun around -- I want to say two or three times, and then it hit another car," said the driver. "Then it was kind of like a chain of effect."
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said it received several calls regarding a possible shootout. In a brief statement to WCNC Charlotte, CMPD said the incident involved an argument between two people that was linked to an earlier shooting.
"The fact that someone would carelessly fire into a vehicle or fire into traffic not knowing -- and I mean, that could have been somebody's kid," the witness told WCNC Charlotte. "That could have been somebody's mom."
The driver added that she was just glad she was able to safely make it home.
“I wish that people would open their eyes and think more about other people and not just themselves or their vengeance all the time,” she said.
The closure, near Uptown Charlotte during the height of Monday evening's rush hour, caused a miles-long delay.
Many questions remain unanswered about the incident and any possible suspects. CMPD has announced no arrests related to the shooting and has not released any suspect information.
Medic said they transported one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries but it was not known if the person was directly involved in the shooting or was an innocent bystander.
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