CHARLOTTE — Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are investigating two separate shootings that left three men dead over the weekend.
The first happened at an apartment complex off Camp Greene Street near Freedom Drive. Hours later, just three miles north of that crime scene, police responded to another shooting.
Channel 9′s Eli Brand was at CMPD headquarters Monday and spoke with neighbors who said they’re feeling uneasy for multiple reasons after the violence.
The first is that it keeps happening, residents said, and the second is that no one’s in custody for these crimes. Both shootings happened during the day on Sunday.
The violence started around 1 p.m. at an apartment complex off Freedom Drive.
The victim, who has since been identified as 20-year-old Wesley Guerra, was found at the intersection of Camp Greene Street and Royston Road. Guerra died at the scene, according to MEDIC.
Around 6 p.m., two men were shot off Welling Avenue.
Both men were transported to the hospital where they died. So far, police haven’t released their ages or names.
Investigators are still working to find out what caused the shootings but neighbors said it needs to stop.
“Something’s going on in this community every single day and it’s frightening. Being that I’m a mother of four kids all under the age of eight,” resident Erica McCorbin told Channel 9.
CMPD wanted to emphasize there are multiple ways to prevent violence from popping up after an argument.
“De-escalation is a very important component of dealing with any issues you could come across,” Major Torri Tellis said. “Separate, make a call to 911, please call us out and let us intervene and at if possible mediate in these types of situations so we can stop any gun violence.”
CMPD plans to step up patrols in the neighborhoods.
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