Police: Pregnant Teen's Shooting Domestic Related
Posted: 7:15 am EDT September 14, 2009Updated: 1:48 pm EDT September 14, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A pregnant teenager shot at her school bus stop died early Monday, and police said they have the name of the suspected gunman.
Police said Tiffany Wright, 15, was 32 weeks pregnant when she was shot in the head on Mallard Creek Road between Sugar Creek Road and Harris Boulevard in north Charlotte. Doctors were able to deliver her baby, which is currently being treated at
Carolinas Medical Center.
Hospital spokeswoman Katie Ratchford said the baby was in critical condition.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe said Wright’s foster mother had just walked her out to the bus stop and walked back home. The woman then heard at least three gunshots and went outside to find teen lying in the street just before 6 a.m.
Monroe said detectives believe the shooting was domestic related and it was not a random act of violence. He said they are actively looking for a suspect, whose name has not been released.
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Early Monday, officers set up a perimeter around the neighborhood to search for the gunman after a witness reported seeing a car speeding away from the scene. Officers from a number of CMPD units were on the scene talking to residents, collecting evidence and following leads until about 11 a.m.
Neighbors said they’re upset by the violence.
“It’s really a shock to me because this is a pretty good neighborhood,” said Angela Thorpe.
“That’s terrible,” said Charles Alexander. “I didn’t even know. I just woke up and left the house and now I see all (these officers).”
Wright attended Hawthorne High School, a school with a special program for pregnant teens in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. A CMS spokeswoman said grief counselors are available for students.
This is the second slaying of a Hawthorne student in just over a month. In early August, someone shot and killed 19-year-old Jaron McGill in east Charlotte. No arrests have been made in his death.
Anyone with information is asked to call 704-432-TIPS.
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