Two people were shot dead and seven others injured by gunfire early Monday during a gathering in Charlotte, N.C., the authorities said.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement that
about five other people were injured by vehicles at the scene.
Officers were responding to a call for one of those injuries when the gunfire began.
The gunfire broke out at what appeared to be a multi-day block party connected to Juneteenth — the holiday, celebrated on Friday, that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.