Shots Fired As Children Play In The Yard

shooting tapeCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are looking for the gunman who fired shots towards children Wednesday afternoon in east Charlotte.

Officers were called to the 4100 block of Tamberlane Avenue after a report of a drive-by shooting just after 5:30 p.m.

Two children had been playing outside in the front yard when four shots rang out.  Their mother jumped in front of the kids and shielded them with her body.

The mother, Maria Martinez, told police the shots came from a blue-colored SUV with three men inside.

Martinez said her home was targeted just last month.  Someone shot-up her house around 2 a.m. as her family slept inside.

Police are still investigating.

 

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