Two different shootings, three hours apart, turned a late Saturday night into a long one for Monroe police and nearby neighbors. Officers were called first to Maurice Street just after midnight, then to Icemorlee Street in the early morning, after multiple rounds were reported in both spots. No injuries were reported in either case, but detectives now want help from residents and local businesses to piece together what happened.
Police timeline and the streets they are watching
In a Facebook post, the Monroe Police Department said the first shooting was reported around 12:25 a.m. in the 700 block of Maurice Street. Officers say rounds were fired into an occupied vehicle, yet everyone inside walked away without injuries.
The second call came at about 3:38 a.m. in the 1700 block of Icemorlee Street. According to detectives, three people approached from Labon Street and opened fire on a group gathered in a parking lot. Again, no one was hit, a stroke of luck that might have kept this story from taking a far darker turn.
Investigators say the suspects then took off in a vehicle that was later tracked traveling along Sunset Drive and Church Street. Police have now flagged several “areas of interest” in the case: Maurice Street, Green Street, Sunset Drive, Church Street, Icemorlee Street and Labon Street. Anyone who lives, works or drives in those corridors around the time of the shootings is on the department’s radar as a potential witness.
Context: recent violence and cameras in Union County
As reported by WBTV, four Union County teenagers were charged after two drive-by shootings in December 2025, a case that highlighted how heavily local investigators now lean on cameras, video and vehicle data to build cases.
That trend has already shown up in the same Icemorlee complex. Earlier this year, officers used Flock license-plate readers to track a suspect into the area, and license-plate cameras helped snag a murder suspect at Icemorlee in an operation that played out largely through digital breadcrumbs. It is not hard to see why detectives are again asking residents to check their own cameras.
How neighbors can help investigators
In the same Facebook post, Monroe police urged residents and business owners near the affected streets to review any doorbell, driveway or security footage from early Saturday morning. Anyone who spots suspicious people or vehicles on video is asked to call the department’s non-emergency line at 704-282-4700 and share what they find.
For media questions, the department lists Lt. Morgan Malone in the Public Information Office, who can be reached at [email protected] or 704-238-3836.
“The reckless use of firearms puts innocent people at risk and will not be tolerated in our city,” Chief Bolen said in the department’s statement, a pointed reminder that even when bullets miss, police treat nights like this as a serious warning.
