CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A juvenile is being treated for injuries after seemingly accidentally shooting themselves following a foot chase, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
CMPD said shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, officers in northeast Charlotte were alerted to a suspected stolen car based on a license plate reader hit. CMPD said the driver refused to pull over, and CMPD continued to follow them.
The driver ultimately drove into a yard, CMPD said, and four suspects got out of the vehicle and ran. Officers were following in a foot chase when they heard a gunshot. Officers found a juvenile suspect with a gunshot wound that appeared to be accidental and self-inflicted, CMPD said.
Officers applied a tourniquet to the individual, and found a gun nearby. Mecklenburg EMS took the juvenile to be treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
CMPD said a member of the K-9 unit found a second juvenile suspect who had two more guns.
CMPD has not released any further details about potential charges or injuries at this time.
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