Roads reopen around uptown following CMPD shooting investigation

Traffic in the middle of uptown Charlotte was snarled during rush hour Friday, due to an ongoing investigation of a fatal shooting involving police near the Epicentre.

Late morning, East Trade and South College street reopened and crime scene tape was removed from the area.

Earlier Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police tweeted that traffic was blocked near East Trade and South College, which forced motorists to use alternative routes into uptown. East Trade is a major artery through uptown’s corporate district.

The intersection was blocked before dawn Friday as CMPD and the State Bureau of Investigation collected evidence connected to fatal police shooting of a person outside the Epicentre entertainment complex.

Another person was wounded and remains hospitalized with non life threatening injuries, police said.

No officers were injured in the incident, police said.

Police have not released details of what led to the shooting.

This story was originally published November 15, 2019 at 6:33 AM.