CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WTVD) A baby boy wearing no shoes or coat was rescued Tuesday afternoon when he wandered along a busy road in Charlotte.
Two women saw the child, who appeared to be around 1 year old, and immediately jumped out of their car to help.
Renie Kennedy and her daughter Bernadette Ellis ran through the busy street to grab hold of the child and shield him from danger. I jumped out the car to run in the street because it looked like the baby was about to go in the street, Ellis told ABC affiliate WSOC. My instinct was just to pick the baby up. Anybody, you know, the cars were just riding up the street like they didn t even see the baby.
Could 2021 be the year Charlotte gets control of violent crime?
Efforts to lower the number of homicides in Charlotte were stalled when the focus shifted to the pandemic. In 2020, Charlotte saw a record 123 homicides. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 12:20 AM EST January 3, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. It was another deadly year in 2020. In a year that witnessed so much loss and heartache, Charlotte set a record for homicides with 123 people killed in the Queen City.
The number of homicides toppled the record set in 1993 when 122 homicides were counted, according to data released by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
Officials point out that the city was half the size in 1993 versus 2020. Then, the city itself housed 451,694 people. That number is easily double the size now and even bigger if you factor in zip codes outside the city limit.
Could 2021 be the year Charlotte gets control of violent crime?
Efforts to lower the number of homicides in Charlotte were stalled when the focus shifted to the pandemic. In 2020, Charlotte saw a record 123 homicides. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 12:20 AM EST January 3, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. It was another deadly year in 2020. In a year that witnessed so much loss and heartache, Charlotte set a record for homicides with 123 people killed in the Queen City.
The number of homicides toppled the record set in 1993 when 122 homicides were counted, according to data released by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
Officials point out that the city was half the size in 1993 versus 2020. Then, the city itself housed 451,694 people. That number is easily double the size now and even bigger if you factor in zip codes outside the city limit.
CMPD addresses homicide total as 2020 becomes deadliest year in Charlotteâs history
CMPD investigating 123 homicides in 2020 By WBTV Web Staff | December 29, 2020 at 5:04 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 6:51 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The end of 2020 is a heavy one for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department while they investigate 123 homicides, a record number of killings for the city in a single year.
CMPD is reminding the community the number represents 123 lives lost to violent crime in Charlotte in 2020, leaving hundreds of families mourning and a countless number of lives changed forever. It paints a painful and tragic picture of the level of fatal violence in the city.
Woman killed in north Charlotte; marks city s 3rd homicide in 24 hours
According to police, the incident happened near the 8300 block of Paces Oaks Blvd. Police said one person was pronounced dead. Author: WCNC Staff Updated: 6:39 AM EST December 30, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. One person was killed in north Charlotte on Tuesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reports.
According to police, the incident happened at around 2:00 p.m. near the 8300 block of Paces Oaks Blvd. Police said when they arrived on the scene, they located 28-year-old Herbrea Labonnie Keels with an apparent gunshot wound.
Police said at this time CMPD is not looking for any suspects.