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\nJune 19, 2013<\/p>\nPolice in northeast Charlotte say they were forced to shoot a teenager in a gang-related undercover drug operation. The teen has since died.<\/p>\n
[…] Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Rodney Monroe says the shooting involved a marijuana drug deal between an undercover officer, informant and two teenage suspects.<\/p>\n
Jaquaz Walker, 17, shot the informant in the shoulder after he tried to rob him. That\u2019s when police say the undercover officer shot Walker in the head. Walker died at Carolinas Medical Center Tuesday night. Police tell WBTV his family has been notified.<\/p>\n
Walker’s mother,\u00a0Faith Walker, told WBTV’s Steve Crump that her son wasn’t armed when he was shot by police and that she was at the police department Wednesday morning looking for answers.<\/p>\n
“Yesterday at the hospital was just awful,”\u00a0Faith said. “I wasn’t allowed to see my son one time.”<\/p>\n
Police say\u00a0the other\u00a0suspect — a 15 year old —\u00a0is still on the loose and they are actively looking for him. They know who he is and are signing warrants for his arrest.<\/p>\n
“You know you have 15, 16 year old kids out here wielding firearms, that’s a very dangerous situation,” said Chief Monroe.<\/p>\n
The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution. There was staff at the school, but no students as summer vacation started last week.<\/p>\n
Chief Monroe defended their decision to conduct the undercover operation at an elementary school, saying at no time were staff inside ever in danger.<\/p>\n
“Anytime you conduct an undercover operation, what’s a good location,” he said.\u00a0“Whether it’s a shopping mall or neighborhood, there’s no real perfect location.”<\/p>\n
Monroe also confirmed the shooting is gang-related and part of larger undercover operation ongoing for several months. But he declined to give more details, saying it may compromise their investigation.<\/p>\n
The shooting comes at a time when neighbors say the area was showing signs of improvement after years of battling drugs and gang violence.<\/p>\n
“It’s been quiet in this neighborhood, ain’t nothing happened over here, everything been good, it’s always somebody come in the neighborhood and do this, it ain’t nobody in our neighborhood,” said neighborhood resident Johnnie Crank.<\/p>\n
No officers were hurt in the shooting.<\/p>\n
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