2 dead, 12 hurt after gunfire erupts at northwest Charlotte Juneteenth party
Posted on AllSides June 22nd, 2020
Two people were killed and at least 12 hurt early Monday after a multi-day Juneteenth street party erupted in gunfire in northwest Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.
Five of the 12 injured people were struck by cars as they began scrambling across streets away from the gunfire, police said.
As many as six of the people had life-threatening injuries, Medic told the Observer’s news partner, WBTV.
The incident happened about 12:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of Beatties Ford Road, police said, near Catherine Simmons Avenue. CMPD tweeted at 6:30...
