{"id":396520,"date":"2025-11-22T08:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/396520\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T08:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:29:15","slug":"4-people-wounded-in-shooting-at-north-carolina-christmas-tree-lighting-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/396520\/","title":{"rendered":"4 people wounded in shooting at North Carolina Christmas tree lighting ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four people were shot Friday evening at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in North Carolina, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Three people were in critical condition and one in stable condition following the shooting in Concord, which is about 19 miles northeast of Charlotte, <a href=\"https:\/\/concordnc.gov\/Services\/Community\/News\/ID\/383\/Shooting-at-Concord-Tree-Lighting-Ceremony-Under-Investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to a statement<\/a> from the city. <\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t immediately clear what led up to the shooting. Concord police are reviewing video footage of the event and speaking with witnesses, according to the city. They&#8217;ve asked anyone with videos or photos to share them with police.<\/p>\n<p>Video and photos posted online show crowds of people fleeing, along with a street lined with emergency vehicles. It was unclear if police had identified suspects or a motive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event was advertised as the city&#8217;s 28th annual tree lighting ceremony and was expected to feature Santa and Mrs. Claus, food trucks, the film &#8220;The Grinch&#8221; and fireworks, according to the city&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are praying for the safety of our brave law enforcement officers, first responders, and everyone on the scene,&#8221; Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMarkHarrisNC\/status\/1992063679140077814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a post<\/a> on the social platform X.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four people were shot Friday evening at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in North Carolina, according to officials.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":396521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44679,51,50,519,101,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-396520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-north-carolina","12":"tag-shooting","13":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}