Two dead, one in critical condition as gun violence continues in Charlotte, CMPD says

Two males were killed and a third person has life-threatening injuries after a pair of shootings Monday in Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

Investigators say the first shooting occurred around 5:36 p.m. Monday in the 2700 block of Tuckaseegee Road in west Charlotte. CMPD says officers arrived to find a male with a gunshot wounded inside a business.

“The victim was pronounced deceased on the scene. A second victim was also located inside the business with a gunshot wound and transported by Medic with life-threatening injuries,” CMPD said in a release.

The man who died was identified Tuesday as Lawrence Crank, 44, according to CMPD. The identity of the man who was wounded has not been released.

The second shooting incident occurred 8 miles north of that shooting around 11:40 p.m. CMPD says officers were called to the 9100 block of Trinity Road, near Hornets Nest Park.

“When they arrived, officers located an adult male victim with an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was pronounced deceased on scene,” CMPD said.

The victim was identified on Tuesday at 34-year-old Channing Liston Byers, according to a press release.

The shooting remains under investigation and no suspect has been named.

There have been at least 50 homicides in Charlotte so far this year, including 14 in June.

More than 80% of the city’s murder victims have been killed by gun fire, according to a Charlotte Observer analysis.

Fifteen of this year’s homicides took place in a roughly eight mile stretch north of uptown from Freedom Drive to N. Tryon Street, data show. Those deaths include the four homicides that happened at a June 22 block party on the 1800 block of Beatties Ford Road.

This story was originally published June 30, 2020 at 6:18 AM.