CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was arrested Wednesday night after police said he shot a 16-year-old at an apartment complex in south Charlotte.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were called to a reported shooting at the McMullen Wood Apartments on Walsh Boulevard near the intersection of Johnston Road and Pineville-Matthews Road a little before 8 p.m.
When officers got to the scene, they found a 16-year-old boy who had been shot. He was taken to Atrium Health with life-threatening injuries, according to Medic. Detectives at the scene learned that the victim and the suspect knew each other. The suspect, identified, as 18-year-old Makel Javon Sadler, spoke to officers on the scene and was interviewed by detectives at CMPD headquarters.
After his interview, Sadler was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, shooting in the city limits and destruction of evidence.