Β CHARLOTTE, NC — Police have two men in custody, and they’re still looking for a third in a jewelry sale gone wrong. Β Shots broke out around 4pm Friday afternoon at the Belmont Walmart on Hawley Avenue. Β Police say three men met in the parking lot for a jewelry sale. Β when the buyers tried to steal the items, the seller pulled a gun.
“Ducking down up under the cars, and people were running,” said witness Jasha Hunter. Β “Some people had their children and grabbed their children’s hand and ran, and I thought, ‘Oh, God’. Β I grabbed my phone and started dialing 911.”
Police are now looking for the jewelry seller, who took off and ran into the woods. Β The man is in his 20s, and was last seen wearing a plaid shirt.
