CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A third person has been arrested Thursday in connection with an attempted robbery and officer-involved shooting on Wilkinson Boulevard.
Christopher Noel Ortiz was arrested in Hickory. Ortiz was charged with three counts of kidnapping, robbery with dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with dangerous weapon.
Officers took Jamal Westbrooks into custody Tuesday. Westbrooks was charged with robbery with dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with dangerous weapon.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers and ATF agents surrounded a home Tuesday morning on Lakewood Avenue in northwest Charlotte.
Channel 9 was at the scene and saw authorities talking to several men who came out in the front yard. Our crew also saw a gun sitting on the trunk of a white sedan parked in front of the home. Police seized the gun.
IMAGES: Police search home possibly connected to pawn shop shootout, sources say
Sources said officers arrived at the home Tuesday morning to look for evidence in that high profile shootout last week at the Cash America pawn shop on Wilkinson Boulevard. Police said two robbers at a pawn shop opened fire on officers Wednesday night. Bobby Hargrove was shot by an officer during that incident and was later arrested. Authorities said the round grazed Hargove.
STORY: Gunfire exchanged with police during attempted robbery at pawn shop
Neighbors in the Lakewood community watched officers and wondered what was going on.
"This is my neighborhood. I come from this neighborhood," said neighbor Perri Payne.
"You concerned about this?" reporter Jim Bradley asked.
"I'm concerned about this neighborhood, sir," Payne said.
Neighbor Tyrone Tyler said it was an unwelcome return to the kind of trouble that used to be common in the community.
"This neighborhood used to be real bad, but it turned around a lot," Tyler said.
"What this says to us is we've got to ramp up. You can't fall asleep on the job," said resident Vivian Johnson.
Police searched a second car at the home before they left. Officers haven not said what led them to search the home.
The investigation is ongoing.
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