18-year-old man stabbed during fight on light rail near South End, CMPD report says
An 18-year-old man was stabbed on a Blue Line train during an argument that began on a platform in the South End neighborhood Friday, according to the Charlotte Area Transit System and police.
The man and the other person boarded an arriving northbound train around 1:30 a.m. at the Bland Street station, located at 1511 Camden Road, and continued their argument on the train, according to a police statement released by CATS public relations.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers found the victim in uptown near the 225 block of East 6th Street after he called 911 at 1:43 a.m. to report the stabbing, a police report said.
He did not want to press charges, according to the CMPD statement released by CATS.
CMPD charged the suspect with carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a dangerous weapon on city property, according to the statement.
The police incident report said the two people did not know each other.
This story was originally published January 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM.
