Suspect ‘wantonly’ fires into northeast Charlotte apartment, killing 15-year-old inside: CMPD

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A teenager lost his life in a shooting late Thursday night, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

CMPD says multiple people called 911 to report a shooting in the 1000 block of Merrick Street. This is near North Tryon Street. Officers arrived at the residential area just before 11:30 p.m. on June 26 to find a 15-year-old boy shot.

He sadly passed away before they could be taken to a hospital. Authorities have not said if anyone has been arrested, but they did say a suspect “wantonly discharged a firearm” at the apartments with residents inside…

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