Girl, 8, shot in Charlotte home during drive-by shooting, police say
By Julia Coin and
Mark Price
An 8-year-old girl was seriously hurt when a bullet tore through a northwest Charlotte home in the middle of the night, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.
It happened around 1 a.m., Monday, near the 2800 block of Burbank Drive. The neighborhood of single family homes is in the University Park area, off Lasalle Street.
Vehicles drove by and shot into the home, according to police dispatch audio obtained via Broadcastify. An officer who responded reported 15 people in the house.
“Upon arrival, officers discovered a home that had been shot into and an 8-year-old female victim with life-threatening injuries,” CMPD said in a news release.
“MEDIC transported the victim to the hospital. The victim is currently in serious but stable condition.”
Investigators have not said if there is a suspect in the shooting.
Mark Price is a state reporter for The Charlotte Observer and McClatchy News outlets in North Carolina. He joined the network of newspapers in 1991 at The Charlotte Observer, covering beats including schools, crime, immigration, LGBTQ issues, homelessness and nonprofits. He graduated from the University of Memphis with majors in journalism and art history, and a minor in geology.
Julia Coin covers courts, legal issues, police and public safety around Charlotte and is part of the Pulitzer-finalist team that covered Tropical Storm Helene in North Carolina. As the Observer’s breaking news reporter, she unveiled how fentanyl infiltrated local schools. Michigan-born and Florida-raised, she studied journalism at the University of Florida, where she covered statewide legislation, sexual assault on campus and Hurricane Ian in her hometown of Sanibel Island.Support my work with a digital subscription
