4-year-old Charlotte boy shot dead after car theft outside home

A four-year-old died after being shot during a car theft in south Charlotte, police said Wednesday morning.

A suspect fired shots while stealing a black Dodge Charger from outside a townhome on Cigar Court, near the intersection of South Tryon Street and Carowinds Boulevard. The suspect “fired directly, intentionally” into the house, unprovoked and for unknown reasons, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Maj. Ryan Kennedy at the scene Wednesday morning.

At least one of those bullets struck the boy, who has not been named…

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