CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina man was found guilty Tuesday on federal gun charges associated with two shootings outside Charlotte businesses.
A jury found 38-year-old Mitchell Clydero Patterson, of Spring Lake, guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
According to filed documents, trial evidence and witness testimony, on July 23, 2024, Patterson was found to be involved in an argument in front of a Charlotte-based business. He left the property but soon returned and fired several shots striking a bystander’s vehicle.
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A month later, Patterson was determined to be involved in another altercation at a Charlotte take-out restaurant. Following that altercation, Patterson left but returned a short time later and fired several shots, striking a young woman in the leg…