A predawn burst of gunfire in a south Charlotte parking lot left one man dead and another hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries early Sunday, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. Officers were called to the 200 block of West Woodlawn Road, a commercial strip near Interstate 77, around 2 a.m. after reports of two people shot.
According to The Charlotte Observer, officers first located a male victim with a gunshot wound in the parking lot. “Upon arrival, we located the victim, a male victim, who had a gunshot wound. He was treated and transported to the hospital,” Major Gene Lim said, according to the outlet. That victim is expected to survive, as police have said his injuries are non-life-threatening.
While investigating that scene, officers discovered a second person who had been shot elsewhere in the same parking lot. “We found another victim who had been shot as well,” police said, per the same account. Officers performed life-saving measures on that second victim, but the person “succumbed to those gunshot wounds,” according to the report.
Victims Not Yet Identified
CMPD has not released the identities of either person involved in the shooting. The Charlotte Observer reported, citing CMPD, that “His identity has not been released,” leaving the broader circumstances of the shooting, including what led up to it, still unclear…