CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A homeowner started shooting when someone tried to break into their south Charlotte home, police said.
The break-in happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday on Osprey Drive near Park and Pineville-Matthews roads, officials said.
Police said there may have been more than one person trying to break in and that the people involved knew each other.
Paramedics took a person with life-threatening injuries to the hospital. It was not clear if the injured person was the intruder.
Officials said another scene on Nightingale Lane could be connected to the shooting.
CSI just got to scene. Medic reporting one taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/4BFILA34um
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