CHARLOTTE — A 17-year-old was taken to a hospital Thursday night after they were shot in east Charlotte, MEDIC said.
Law enforcement responded to the area of Branch Fork Road and Bradstreet Commons Way at about 7 p.m.
Leaders are trying to find solutions as violent crime continues across Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Leaders across Mecklenburg County met Thursday afternoon to discuss how to reduce the level of violence in the community.
They talked about successful programs in west Charlotte and how to duplicate those efforts across the city.
“The goal is to expand across Mecklenburg County so we certainly don’t want to have areas where we are focusing only on the westside or it seems there might be focusing only on the westside,” one of the leaders said at Thursday’s meeting. “An example of that is the expansion of the Alternatives to Violence program in the Nations Ford area.”
One of the things the committee wants to do when it comes to crime is to get smarter.
Several studies are underway that could potentially give leaders new incite to hot spots and new ways to fight back.
The teen who was shot Thursday night had life-threatening injuries and was taken from the scene near Harrisburg Road to Atrium CMC.
A family member said the teen was hit in the back, the side, and in the legs. He’s expected to recover.
There was another shooting, a deadly one, earlier in the day in west Charlotte.
Someone shot and killed a man in a parking lot along Pitts Drive.
The victim’s car had bullet holes on the driver’s side.
No further information was released.
This is a developing story. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates.
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