CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte police asked residents to avoid a neighborhood in the northwest part of the city early Saturday morning as they worked to search for a shooting suspect.
On Wednesday, May 13, police said the suspect, 41-year-old Michael Roach turned himself in to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's office without incident.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed in a tweet at 6:46 a.m. that SWAT had descended on part of Kentucky Avenue in the Oakview Terrace neighborhood off of I-85.
Police noted the area was contained and asked residents to avoid the area.
According to CMPD, the shooting along Kentucky Avenue unfolded around 1:50 a.m. and police encountered the suspect, Roach, armed with a rifle and standing near the female victim.
Roach fled into a nearby home on foot while police say they got the victim to a safe location so she could be treated for her injuries. CMPD said she was seriously hurt but her gunshot wound is considered not life-threatening.
CMPD called in SWAT to help search for Roach after the area was contained, but he was determined to have fled the area.