Mother Of 6 Killed In Shooting At Charlotte Club

CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — A 27-year-old mother of six was killed in an overnight shooting at a north Charlotte club.

Jaquina Harris was shot in the parking lot of a club called Silver Fox, located on Statesville Avenue, at about 2 a.m., police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the shooting happened after a fight broke out near the club's entrance. Several people were involved, according to investigators. Shortly after the fight started, someone pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots, police said.

According to police, Harris, who was leaving the club as the fight broke out, was an innocent bystander and was hit by a stray bullet.

"It's hard for me. It's going to be hard for the kids," Anthony Talley, the father of Harris's children, said.

"She left six small kids alone, by themselves. Somebody took their mother away," Harris's aunt, Patricia Harris-McMurray, said.

SLIDESHOW: Police Investigate Fatal Overnight Shooting A Club

Police spent hours interviewing the dozens of people who were at the club when the shooting happened. Investigators said some witnesses reported seeing a green sedan leaving the parking lot after the shooting and heading toward uptown.

At about 2:15 a.m., officers were dispatched to a call from Carolinas Medical Center, stating that a man suffering from a gunshot wound had been dropped off there by someone in a green Pontiac. Police said they have detained one person who was with the shooting victim when he arrived at the hospital and secured the vehicle, which will be processed by crime scene investigators.

Investigators are working to determine if the people who went to the hospital are connected to the Silver Fox shooting.

No one has been charged in Harris's shooting.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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