CHARLOTTE — A man died and three other people were hurt in a shooting in east Charlotte Friday night, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
The incident occurred just after 11:30 p.m. on Shamrock Drive near the Charlotte Museum of History.
Police said when they arrived at the scene, they found four people with gunshot wounds. Two of those people were lying in the roadway, and the other two were found inside a home nearby.
Three of the victims were taken to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries, but 57-year-old Jose Octavio Cruz died at the scene, according to police.
Nearby residents said they heard the gunshots.
“Well I heard some shots and I wake up and went over there just to see what’s going on. By that time, there was a lot of police there,” one neighbor said. “All they could tell me was there was one down over there and a couple of people were shot.”
Police said the investigation into this shooting is active and ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and ask to speak directly to a homicide unit detective.
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