SHOOTING SUSPECT APPREHENDED IN CHARLOTTE

By Jon Mayhew

CHARLOTTE -- Utilizing information during an intense three-week investigation, Lincolnton Police and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Violent Criminals Apprehension Team (VCAT) worked together to capture a Lincolnton shooting suspect.

Around 11am Wednesday, Rahim Oates was taken into custody at an apartment in North Charlotte, according to Lincolnton Police Sgt. Matt Painter.

In an exclusive video on The Carolina Scoop, Painter said Oates was asleep at the time of his capture.

Oates was transferred from Charlotte Mecklenburg Police custody to Lincolnton Police custody around 3pm Wednesday. The teenager is charged with attempted first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

The shooting happened at Anthony Robinson's Magnolia Street residence on Dec. 17 after Robinson received a telephone call, asking him to step outside on the porch.

Neighbors told police they heard about five shots. Robinson was struck four times and taken to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte with life-threatening injuries including wounds to the neck, face and chest.

Witnesses also told police a black male, believed now to be Oates, was seen running from the scene down Edwards Street.

"Oates stayed in Charlotte for about three weeks," said Painter, adding the motive for the shooting appears to be related to an argument the pair had only days before the shooting.

Bond for Oates was set at $1 million secured. He has a first appearance hearing in Lincolnton District Court today (Thursday) in Lincolnton District Court.