Sunday, May 14, 2006

Deadly Highway Shooting

5-23-06 UPDATE:

Police are looking for two vehicles in connection with a deadly shooting last week in west Charlotte.

Antonio Biggers, 26, was a passenger in an SUV traveling northbound on Interstate 85 near the Glenwood Drive exit when he was shot by someone in another vehicle. Police believe the shooting stemmed from an altercation between Biggers’ friends and another group at King Richard’s night club on Wilkinson Boulevard.

Police believe the shooters were traveling in a dark-colored Dodge Magnum with tinted windows and a newer-model white Chevy Malibu or Impala. Both vehicles were seen at the night club the night of the shooting.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (704) 334-1600.

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CMPD are investigating a deadly highway shooting that happened around 3 am Sunday morning. 26 year old Antonio Biggers was a passenger in the SUV who was shot and later died at the hospital.

Police said the shooting involved two vehicles traveling on Interstate 85. One sport utility vehicle got off the highway and drove to a fire station on Keller Avenue in west Charlotte. The driver ran into the station screaming for help.


Police are talking to witnesses to figure out exactly where and how the shooting occurred. They believe the shooting was the result of an earlier fight between the victim and unidentified people at King Richard's Nightclub on Wilkinson Boulevard.

If you have any information, you're asked to call Crimestoppers at (704) 334-1600.

Source: News 14 Carolina