Victim identified in fatal shooting at busy University City intersection

Charlotte Mecklenburg police have identified the driver who died Tuesday after someone shot into her vehicle during the afternoon rush hour at a busy north Charlotte intersection.

Chirrelle Nicole Scott, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said they got a call at 5:11 p.m., about an assault with a deadly weapon near the intersection of E. W. T. Harris Boulevard and N. Tryon Street. On arrival, officers found a vehicle stopped in the road with a female victim in the driver’s seat, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.

The vehicle was in the intersection directly in front of Carolinas HealthCare System University, police said.

CMPD homicide detectives are seeking witnesses to the shooting. Police have not said whether they believe the shooting was random or if they have a suspect. Mecklenburg County jail records show Scott had been arrested in 2014 and charged with assault inflicting serious injury and injury to personal property.

On Tuesday evening, investigators were reportedly looking for a silver or gray car, possibly a Nissan Sentra, that may have been connected to the shooting, reports the Observer’s news partner WBTV.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 704-432-TIPS (8477) or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

This story was originally published October 11, 2016 at 6:20 PM with the headline "Victim identified in fatal shooting at busy University City intersection."