Bank of America employee killed in northwest Charlotte shooting
Police arrested a 22-year-old man and charged him with murder
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Bank of America employee shot and killed at bank branch in northwest Charlotte; victim described as a 50-year-old mother of 5
A Bank of America employee was shot and killed Friday morning at a bank branch in northwest Charlotte where she worked.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police identified the victim as Ina Michelle Lang, age 50. Police said they were called at about 10:30 a.m. to the bank by the intersection of Brookshire Boulevard (N.C. 16) and Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and arrived to find Lang with an apparent gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Later Friday, police said they arrested Sam’on Andrew Smith, 22, and charged him with Lang’s murder. Smith is being held without bond. The only previous charges against him in the state’s court system are citations for carrying a concealed weapon and reckless driving.
Police have not released additional information about the circumstances of Friday’s shooting.
Lang’s husband told WSOC that she was a mother of five and had worked for Bank of America for nearly 20 years. He said he had no idea why she was shot but thinks she might have been on a smoke break behind the bank at the time of the shooting.
An online fundraising page for Lang’s family organized by a coworker said she “brought a motherly [aura] to our team and will always be remembered as someone that never missed an opportunity to give, and having a heart bigger than she knew what to do with.”
A Bank of America spokesperson said in a written statement: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our Bank of America teammates. Our thoughts and condolences are with her family and friends.”—Tony Mecia
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