What started as a routine larceny-from-auto call in northwest Charlotte ended with four young suspects in handcuffs and felony charges tied to a nearby shooting, according to investigators.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say three teenagers and one juvenile were arrested after detectives connected a reported vehicle break-in to a shooting at an occupied home less than an hour earlier. The cases led officers to multiple suspect vehicles and ultimately to charges that include firing into an occupied dwelling and related property damage.
Officers arrested 19-year-old Jalen Brown, 18-year-old Jaidon Warner and 18-year-old Elijah Daniels, along with an unnamed juvenile, and charged them with discharging a weapon into occupied property, felony conspiracy and counts for injury to real and personal property, according to WCNC. Booking records cited by the outlet show Warner also faces a felony larceny of a motor vehicle charge and a count of resisting, delaying and obstructing, while the juvenile is charged with unlawful possession of a handgun by a minor. Police did not immediately release information on any victims or injuries…