1 fatally shot near Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, cops say. 3rd killing in days.
This story was updated Monday, April 5, 2021:
A man was shot to death in a neighborhood near Ovens Auditorium and Bojangles’ Coliseum on Friday night, police said.
The death marked Charlotte’s 25th homicide of 2021 and the third killing since Wednesday, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Officers said they found Friday’s victim with a gunshot wound after responding to reports of a shooting in the 3400 block of Washburn Avenue just after 6:30 p.m.
That’s off Television Place, just south of the coliseum and East Independence Boulevard.
Medic responders pronounced the man dead at the scene, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.
On Monday, CMPD identified the victim as 35-year-old Walter Livingston. Police still have not said if they have a suspect.
Two others were fatally shot in the city since Wednesday, and three minors were hurt, including a 7-year-old girl, in two shootings on Tuesday, police said:
▪ Police said Tuesday’s shootings in northwest Charlotte were connected. Two teenagers had been targeted and were shot at from a car near a convenience store on Hovis Road around 3 p.m. They sought medical help at a nearby house, police said.
That evening, during a shootout, a stray bullet hit the 7-year-old girl on Marble Street, north of where Freedom Drive and Interstate 77 intersect. Three men were arrested.
▪ Around 11:15 a.m. Thursday, 43-year-old William Alexander was fatally shot in the 900 block of McArthur Avenue, near Atando and Statesville avenues in the Druid Hills neighborhood in north Charlotte.
▪ Late Wednesday, a man was fatally shot in a south Charlotte apartment community, according to CMPD.
Anyone with information about Friday’s shooting is asked to call CMPD homicide Detective Brandon Sinnott at 704-432-8477 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600. Callers to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous.
This is a developing story.
This story was originally published April 3, 2021 at 9:57 AM.