Not clear on what went on around 2 pm other than reports of shots fired.

In related news, the Charlotte City Council will likely vote tonight to hike the city’s car rental tax in order to spend $140 million on arts projects.

Remember Camden, NJ won’t you please? All the glitzy, taxpayer-funded projects couldn’t arrest that city’s — or any other city’s — slow slide to basket-case status when basics like public safety come behind big, centrally-planned projects.

Vote on, council-people.