Video: NC Officer's Teen Son Shot in Family's Car

Police are searching for the gunman who shot the 14-year-old son of a Kannapolis, NC, police officer in the head while the boy sat in a car in east Charlotte late Monday night.

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VIDEO: NC Officer's Teen Son Shot in Family's Car

Police are searching for the gunman who shot the 14-year-old son of a Kannapolis, NC, police officer in the head while the boy sat in a car in east Charlotte late Monday night.

Police said the 14-year-old is in critical condition at the hospital, reports WSOC-TV.

Investigators said the teenager and his aunt were pulling into the home on Finchley Drive around 10:20 p.m., when they spotted two young men hiding in the bushes. Sources told Channel 9 the two men ran, then one turned around and fired several shots, hitting the teenager while he was sitting in the backseat of the car.

Police said the teen was from out of town and was in Charlotte visiting family.

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