One Dead in Shooting at Northlake Mall

Coreym07 · #1 ● 12-24-2015, 04:27 PM

One person was killed Thursday afternoon in an officer-involved shooting at Northlake Mall in north Charlotte, authorities said.

It was not immediately clear who fired the fatal shot.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said early information indicates an argument started inside the mall around 2 p.m. Thursday between two groups of people. Officers who were working off-duty at the mall arrived on the scene.

At least one person was shot during the altercation, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Medic.

No officers were hurt, according to CMPD.

Northlake is located on the northwest corner of Interstate 77 and W.T. Harris Boulevard.

Witnesses said the shooting occurred in Journey’s, a store on the lower level of the mall near Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Co-workers Natasha Columbus and Nicole Kirkpatrick were in the Locker Room sporting goods store on the lower level of the mall when the shots rang out. "Pow, pow, pow, pow," eight or nine in all, Kirkpatrick said. "I think he emptied a clip -- whatever is in a clip."

Columbus said she bolted to the back of the store. Kirkpatrick went to the front, toward the sound of gunfire, and looked through a store window.

Fifteen to 20 feet away in the mall commons, she says, she saw a body lying prone on the polished floor.

Zindy Cruz, 19, was in the food court eating Taco Bell with her brother and father when they heard the shots being fired. She and her family ducked under their table until things calmed down. Then they got up and walked towards where they were told the shots were fired.

From the second floor, they could see into Journey's where she said she saw a man lying on the floor. She said she was pretty sure he was dead.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...#storylink=cpy

Riddla · #2 ● 12-24-2015, 04:38 PM

If you wear pants below your waist, you know you wont end up well.

WonderWomanFan · #3 ● 12-24-2015, 08:55 PM

On a Holiday. So sad.

11B2P · #4 ● 12-24-2015, 09:21 PM

' An off-duty officer shot and killed rapper "Donkey Cartel," who opened fire at Northlake Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina, sending last-minute Christmas Eve shoppers into a panic.

Gunfire erupted after a group of people "ganged up" in an attack on a man, Shauntelle Hamrick, a Journeys shoe store manager told CNN. A gunman fired about seven shots during the fight, she said. It was not immediately clear if the victim of the attack was also the shooter.

Police identified the gunman as Daquan Antonio Westbrook, an 18-year-old rapper known as “Donkey Cartel” from North Charlotte.

The rapper had a mixtape titled “Convicted Felon With a Weapon” in April and is known for his trap song “Can’t Be Touched.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2476181

Also, look up Donkey cartel on facebook. They are talking shit about him and posted the picture of him dead on his fan page.