CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A 16-year-old died after a shooting in a Charlotte Midtown parking lot on Wednesday night. By Thursday afternoon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were still searching for a suspect.

The shooting happened off Metropolitan Avenue just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

Police said that 16-year-old Alexander Martinez was killed.

Police say that the shooting happened in the parking garage of a busy shopping center with restaurants, apartments, and other businesses.

People who work in the area said it’s generally pretty safe, but they would like to see a little more security -- especially at night.

Every time Vincent Montgomery comes to work at The Peach Cobbler Factory in Midtown, he parks his car in the garage on Metropolitan Avenue.

“Sometimes late night, you kno

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