Armed suspect fatally shot outside stolen car in uptown Charlotte, police say

A carjacking victim in uptown Charlotte was on the phone with 911 as he watched a stranger approach and fatally shoot the suspect early Saturday, police said.

Other bullets hit a female bystander’s car in the same parking lot in the 300 block of West Trade Street and a nearby occupied apartment on Fifth Street, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release. Those bullets didn’t hit anyone, police said.

The man who was killed was identified by police early Tuesday as 20-year-old Brandon Christopher Clark.

The carjacking suspect left the car he tried to steal because he was unable to start it, WBTV reported, citing police.

Paramedics pronounced the 20-year-old carjacking suspect, Brandon Christopher Clark, dead at the scene.

Police said they were interviewing several witnesses to the shooting but reported no suspect in custody as of Saturday afternoon.

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

This story was originally published March 16, 2019 at 11:54 AM.