1 dead, 2 injured after shooting in the parking lot of a Charlotte store
One person was killed and two people were hospitalized following a shooting late Friday in the parking lot of a store in Charlotte, police said.
A male victim died and two female victims were treated at a hospital for non life-threatening injuries, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.
At about 9:45 p.m., police said they found all three victims in the parking lot of Osei Discount Food and Beverage on L.D. Parker Drive. That’s off Statesville Avenue, a couple of blocks south of Atando Avenue in north Charlotte.
Medic pronounced the male victim dead at the scene. The man, 19-year-old Carlos Edward Lopez-Cole, , is the city’s 81st homicide victim of 2020.
The shooting happened during an argument, CMPD Maj. Ryan Butler told WSOC-TV.
Police have not said if they have a suspect. They called their investigation “active and ongoing.”
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 704-432-8477 or anonymously on the Crime Stoppers tip line at 704-334-1600.
This story was originally published September 5, 2020 at 8:44 AM.