Police talking with person of interest after CMPD officer shot in NoDa

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer was shot in the leg while responding to a 911 call about a shooting in NoDa overnight Tuesday, and authorities say they have identified and found a person of interest.

The police officer has not been named and is expected to recover, department officials said.

The initial call was about someone shooting into a building in the 400 block of East 36th Street, CMPD said in a news release. It happened around 2:30 a.m.

An issue with a customer at The Blind Pig in NoDa led up to the shooting, according to police. The customer was asked to leave the restaurant after an altercation occurred, police said.

A person of interest is speaking to officers, CMPD said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon. However, no arrests have been made in connection to the officer who was shot, the tweet said.

It’s unclear whether the customer is suspected of having shot into the bar, which had people inside, and whether the customer is suspected of having shot the police officer. According to CMPD, the officer did not return fire.

This is the third incident in a week where CMPD officers have been shot at while responding to a 911 call, Chief Johnny Jennings said in a tweet on Tuesday.

“It’s a disturbing trend that our men and women in uniform are being fired at while doing their jobs, and it’s not just in Charlotte where this is happening,” the tweet said.

This is a developing story.

This story was originally published June 28, 2022 at 6:19 AM.