Charlotte man arrested after shooting at motorist and trying to steal another’s car at gunpoint, records allege

A man is in custody after shooting at a motorist and threatening at gunpoint to steal another person’s car on Saturday, according to court records filed in Mecklenburg County.

The man fired at another man driving a Chrysler Sebring in the 2300 block of North Tryon Street and also tried to kill a woman, according to arrest warrants.

The incident happened shortly before 5 p.m., according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Police said the motorist who was shot at then flagged down a CMPD officer. The officer found the suspect and shot at him, missing, after the man pointed a gun, according to records.

Police arrested Jarod Lewis Starks, 37, after he fled into a business, according to court records and a police news release.

He was charged with seven felonies and a misdemeanor, including four counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

One charge, possession of a weapon by a felon, followed a conviction in Mecklenburg in August 2020 on a 2018 charge of conspiracy to commit robbery, according to records. Starks was sentenced to minimum of just over seven years, according to an arrest warrant.