CMPD detectives investigate 3 shootings within a few hours of each other

WSOCTV.com News Staff
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Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are investigating three shootings Saturday night that happened within a few hours of each other in Charlotte.

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Homicide detectives responded to a shooting on Beech Crest Place in a neighborhood off David Cox Road.

MEDIC said they found Kashawn Johnson, 18, who had been shot. He was taken to Atrium Health Main with life-threatening injuries. CMPD initially said it was a homicide investigation. Later, authorities confirmed that it was a call for an assault with a deadly weapon.

Then on Tuesday, police said Johnson died from his injuries at the hospital Sunday. CMPD is now investigating the shooting as a homicide.

CMPD is also investigating two other reported shootings that happened on Saturday.

One person was shot along Marvin Road Saturday and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
One person was shot along Marvin Road Saturday and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

One shooting was off Marvin Road in south Charlotte and the other was on Battle Court in east Charlotte. Both victims had life-threatening injuries.

Crime scene investigator canvasses the scene of a serious shooting along Battle Court Saturday.
Crime scene investigator canvasses the scene of a serious shooting along Battle Court Saturday.

Channel 9 has reached out to CMPD for more information and we are waiting to hear back.

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