A 27-year-old woman is facing serious charges after a 24-year-old man was shot multiple times outside an east Charlotte apartment complex Monday night, according to court and police records. The victim suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital, records state.
What police say
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were called to reports of gunfire around 6:30 p.m. Monday on Aberdale Farm Lane. Officers arrested 27-year-old Hannah Lofton at the scene and recovered the firearm believed to have been used in the shooting, as reported by WCNC. The victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds, according to those records.
Where it happened
The shooting took place outside an apartment complex on Aberdale Farm Lane in east Charlotte, according to the police report. That address lines up with the Sundale Flats apartment community at 2019 Aberdale Farm Ln, per the property’s website Sundale Flats.
Charges and next steps
Lofton is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and is being held without bond in the Mecklenburg County jail, records show. CMPD homicide investigators are processing the scene and have asked anyone with information to contact the department’s tip line, according to officials.
Neighborhood context
Monday’s violence adds to a string of serious incidents in east Charlotte this spring, a stretch in which CMPD has reported an uptick in homicides even as some other crime categories have declined. That broader trend was detailed in reporting by WFAE.
