Sunday-night shootings kill 2 and hospitalize 4 across Charlotte neighborhoods
Two people died and four were hospitalized in neighborhood shootings across Charlotte Sunday evening and Monday morning.
Officers found one person shot on the 2500 block of Eddington Street, which sits off of West Boulevard near Old Steele Creek Road, at about 6 p.m. Sunday. The victim died at the hospital, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.
Two people were shot near a cluster of apartments in the 13700 block of Mallard Creek Road in University City at about 10 p.m. Sunday, police said. One person, 24-year-old Joshua Howze, died at the scene, paramedics said. The other was hospitalized.
Paramedics said another person was hospitalized early Monday after a South End shooting on Fairwood Avenue, a neighborhood near Southside Park, Lenny Boy Brewing Company and RSVP South End.
A shooting at a QuikTrip gas station on East Woodlawn Road, near the intersection of I-77 and Billy Graham Parkway, hospitalized two people with life-threatening injuries early Monday, according to paramedics.
Police have not announced any arrests or released other victims’ or suspects’ names in any of the shootings. They do not believe the shootings were related to each other.
CMPD said it is not looking for other suspects in the Mallard Creek Road case, but anyone with information on the shootings can call the Homicide Unit at 704-432-TIPS or contact Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or http://charlottecrimestoppers.com/.
This is a developing story.
This story was originally published September 25, 2023 at 11:15 AM.
