Location

September 08, 2023

300 block of E 4th St
Charlotte, North Carolina

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
• Defensive Use
• Defensive Use - Crime occurs, victim shoots subject/suspect/perpetrator
• Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)

Notes

Uniformed security guards for the Queen City Quarter shot/killed suspect in light rail underpass next to transit center. Suspect opened fire on them when they confronted him for public urination.

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

• Type: Unknown

• Type: Unknown

Sources

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• URL: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/coastal/news/2023/09/08/security-guard-shoots--kills-person-at-charlotte-transit-center--police-say

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• URL: https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/charlotte/security-guard-shoots-and-kills-person-at-north-carolina-transit-center/

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• URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article279090004.html

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• URL: https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Resources/Newsroom/Homicide-Investigation-in-the-Central-Division-300-E-4th-St-9-8-23

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• URL: https://www.wbtv.com/2023/09/08/cmpd-man-shot-killed-by-security-officer-near-transit-center-identified/

District

Congressional District: 14
State Senate District: 38
State House District: 102