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Man shot with air rifle in southwest Charlotte hotel, CMPD says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers are investigating after a man was shot with an air rifle early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a southwest Charlotte hotel.

Police responded just before 1 a.m. to the Holiday Inn on West Arrowood Road.

Officers believe someone in a car fired shots at the man using either a BB or pellet gun.

The man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.