Charlotte child injured in ‘accidental’ shooting, man charged
Updated: Aug. 16, 2020 at 4:48 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A man has been charged after a child was injured in an “accidental” shooting Sunday afternoon, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
According to CMPD, officers responded to reports of a person having been shot near the 1000 block of Rodey Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a child who had been shot.
The child was described as having serious injuries but non-life-threatening injuries, and was transported to a hospital by MEDIC,
Police have arrested 18-year-old Alfredo Lopez and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon.
On Saturday, police say a 2-year-old boy was killed in northeast Charlotte after he gained access to his father’s unsecured firearm.
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