Shootings kill 3 in Charlotte, including 2 when gunfire erupts in a crowd, police say
Weekend shootings killed three people in Charlotte, including one at a Courtyard by Marriott hotel and two after gunfire erupted in a crowd outside a Charlotte business center Friday night, multiple media outlets reported.
A man died after being shot multiple times in the 300 block of West Woodlawn Road in southwest Charlotte Saturday night, police said.
TV station news footage showed police cars at the Courtyard by Marriott, at Interstate 77 just east of South Tryon Street.
Officers pronounced the man dead at the scene about 6 p.m., according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.
Police released no information Saturday night about the person who was shot or the circumstances behind the shooting. CMPD also hasn’t said if police are searching for a suspect.
CMPD urged anyone with information about the shooting to call CMPD Detective Carl Albanese at 704-432-8477 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
Double homicide Friday night
Two people were fatally shot about 7:15 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of Montana Drive, police said.
That’s along Interstate 85 northwest of uptown.
The two victims were identified as Shariff Oliphant, 23, and Trey Anthony McClendon, 21, CMPD said.
“There were several events going on,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Major Ryan Butler told reporters at the scene of the shootings in an interview aired on WBTV.
Police were “trying to determine what the relationship was with the events going on here, and the dispute that ultimately resulted in the two homicides we’re investigating now,” Butler said.
The shootings happened in the parking lot of a building that houses a barbershop, day spa and other businesses, WSOC reported.
One person was found shot in a Dodge Charger and the other in the parking lot, according to the station, citing police.
Someone approached the crowd in the parking lot and began shooting, a witness told WCNC.
Medic pronounced the two who were shot dead at the scene, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.
The business center is near Doughnut Peddler, a wholesale doughnut maker.
Police released no information Saturday about the circumstances behind the shooting. CMPD also hasn’t said if police are searching for a suspect.
CMPD urged anyone with information about the shooting to call CMPD Detective Patrick Diekhaus at 704-432-8477 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
This story was originally published April 30, 2022 at 8:55 AM.