Christmas Eve killing is second act of gun violence on same block this year, CMPD says
A homicide reported in northwest Charlotte on Christmas Eve is the second high-profile act of gun violence this year on a residential street that is scarcely two blocks long, investigators say.
The victim in the latest shooting has been identified as 40-year-old Howard Maurice Higgins, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said in a case update.
The killing happened around 11 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Flagler Lane.
Officers responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon and found a man with gunshot wounds in a vehicle.
Higgins died at the scene, police say. Details about a suspect, or additional information about the case, have not been released.
The shooting comes nine months after a 13-year-old boy was wounded when someone sprayed the family’s Flagler Lane home with gunfire, CMPD reported.
He survived after being taken to a local hospital with a bullet wound to the leg, officials said.
The boy’s mother and two other children were in the home when the shots were fired around 1:30 a.m. on March 24, CMPD said. “At least 10” shots were fired, the Observer reported in March.
Anyone with information on the Christmas Eve shooting is asked to call CMPD’s Homicide Unit at 704-432-8477. Anonymous tips can be offered through Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or http://charlottecrimestoppers.com/.
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