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.
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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.