Man murdered inside Charlotte ambulance
CHARLOTTE, N.C. March 21 2020 — A security officer on duty at a Days Inn called police for assistance during a fight involving at least five persons.
Charlotte police and EMS responded and while paramedics was treating one of the men involved in the back of their ambulance, another man attempted to get inside the ambulance.
The man being treated asked for a friend to come assist him, and that man then entered the truck before a medic, citing protocol, ordered him out, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokeswoman said during a news conference.
The suspect then returned and shot the victim multiple times, police said.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No first responders were injured.
Police immediately took the suspect into custody, according to a statement from the department. Authorities didn’t detail the disturbance leading to the shooting.
Neither the suspect or victim have been identified.
The security officer was not injured.
