Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, say a shooting at a block party left two people dead and seven wounded and five people were hit by cars afterward.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two people were killed and seven others were wounded in a shooting in North Carolina’s largest city, police said, while five others were hit by vehicles afterward.Juneteenth celebrations,Police responding to a call about a pedestrian hit found hundreds of people in the streets, Jennings said.
As emergency services arrived, several shots were fired, scattering the crowd. Jennings said there was evidence of multiple shooters, but no one was in custody as of Monday morning.The conditions of the 12 people hospitalized with injuries weren’t immediately clear.Further details weren’t immediately available. Calls, a direct message and an email from The Associated Press to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police weren’t immediately returned.
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