CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An hours-long standoff came to a peaceful end Wednesday afternoon after a barricaded man fired shots at officers, authorities said.
Dozens of Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers and SWAT responded at about 1:45 p.m. to a person who was barricaded somewhere along Little Abbey Lane in the Steele Creek community of southwest Charlotte.
The standoff ended around 4 p.m. when 34-year-old Antoine Debold surrendered.
The scene was at an apartment complex behind the Harris Teeter shopping center at the corner of South Tryon Street and Steele Creek Road.
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Officers initially responded to a domestic disturbance call and when they knocked on the door, Debold shot at them through it, CMPD said.
The officers got to safety as the gunman continued to fire a weapon. No one was injured, and CMPD officers did not fire their guns.
The apartment complex was evacuated, and CMPD notified nearby businesses about the ongoing situation. South Tryon Street and Steelecroft Parkway were shut down because of the police activity.
Chopper 9 Skyzoom flew over the scene and could see a massive police presence in and around the shopping center and apartments.
SWAT negotiators were called in, and Debold was being cooperative during the standoff, police said. He surrendered hours later.
Investigators learned Debold was out on parole from criminal possession of a firearm in New York at the time of the incident.
After he was taken to a hospital for evaluation, and then taken to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault on a law enforcement officers with a firearm, assault on a female, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Police said they were not looking for any other suspects or victims.
No further information has been released.
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