CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's SWAT Team was called to assist with a situation in west Charlotte after a shooting happened on Thursday.
Police gathered at a home off Moores Chapel Road near Heavy Equipment School Road. They were searching for a suspect from a shooting that happened in the same area in west Charlotte.
Medic said one person was transported to a local hospital for life-threatening injuries for a shooting on Harbor Drive around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Witnesses told police that an armed suspect ran into a home on Moores Chapel Road. CMPD's SWAT team was called to help de-escalate the situation.
After about seven hours, authorities determined the suspect was no longer in the house and the area was deemed safe.
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