CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police are searching for the person who shot into two houses in east Charlotte overnight, striking a man and his dog.
Officers responded to the call for shots fired on Water Mill Court, near The Plaza and WT Harris Boulevard, around 2 a.m.
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Detectives told Channel 9 that someone fired six shots into one house, where a bullet struck 26-year-old Nageem Jackson in the knee. Another bullet hit the man's dog in the neck.
According to a police report, there were 11 people in the house at the time of the shooting, and five of them were children. They were not hurt.
#Breaking UPDATE: @CMPD says someone fired shots into 2 houses on Water Mill Ct. 1 man shot in knee, dog also shot in neck. #WakeUpWith9 pic.twitter.com/rYpMvy9pMO
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Jackson was taken to the hospital but is expected to be OK.
Investigators said the gunman also fired another shot that hit a house across the street.
Police are not sure whether the houses were targeted or if this was a random drive-by shooting.
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