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2 people injured in Saturday morning shooting in west Charlotte

Two people were injured during a Saturday morning shooting in west Charlotte, according to the Mecklenburg EMS Agency.
Two people were injured during a Saturday morning shooting in west Charlotte, according to the Mecklenburg EMS Agency. Getty Images/iStockphoto

One person sustained life-threatening injuries in a Saturday morning shooting in west Charlotte, according to the Mecklenburg EMS Agency. A second person was injured in a related shooting a few streets down the road.

Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to reports of a shooting on two streets near Freedom Drive and Little Rock Road around 8:30 a.m., the Charlotte Observer’s news partner WSOC-TV reported.

The first victim was found on Glenmoor Drive and taken to Atrium Health’s Carolina Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, according to the EMS agency. The second victim was found on the neighboring Waterrock Road with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Observer has contacted the Mecklenburg EMS Agency seeking more information on the shootings.

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Nick Sullivan covers city government for The Charlotte Observer. He studied journalism at the University of South Carolina, and he previously covered education for The Arizona Republic and The Colorado Springs Gazette.
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