CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All northbound lanes on Interstate 77 near W.T. Harris Boulevard were shut down for hours Thursday evening after an accident following a shooting in north Charlotte.
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Officers told Channel 9 they investigated a shooting in the area in which a person in a car died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Officials reopened the interstate around midnight.
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