CHARLOTTE — An 18-year-old is charged with shooting and killing a 15-year-old in east Charlotte.
Channel 9 found court records Wednesday that say Obadiah Walker shot at Ya-Monnie Houston and others just before 8 p.m. Friday off Independence Boulevard. Walker was in a car that started to follow another group of teens driving through east Charlotte, according to court documents. Walker and Vincent Henry started shooting at the other car.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed Houston died on Tuesday, July 14.
Investigators said a second teen girl was shot and seriously hurt during the assault. She remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
Walker and Henry are facing charges.
The investigation remains active. Anyone with information is asked to call the CMPD’s homicide unit at 704-432-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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