2 dead, 12 hurt after over 100 shots fired at big crowd at Charlotte Juneteenth party

Two people were killed and at least 12 hurt early Monday after a multi-day Juneteenth street party erupted in lots of gunfire in northwest Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

Five of the 12 injured people were struck by cars as they began scrambling across streets away from the chaotic scene, police said. Three of the people who were injured are fighting for their life, police said.

At a news conference Monday, investigators said that as many as 400 people were attending the celebration at the time, and at least 100 rounds were fired into the crowd. No CMPD officers fired their weapons, officials said.

“It was a very, very chaotic scene,” Deputy Chief Gerald Smith said. “This was a mass casualty incident.”