Two dead and seven wounded in shootings at North Carolina block party where five more were hit by cars while running from the gunfire

Two people were shot dead and seven others wounded at Juneteenth celebrations in North Carolina last night. 

Five more were hit by cars while running from the gunfire, which scattered the large crowds around midnight at an 'impromptu block party' in Charlotte.

Cops arrived on Beatties Ford Road in northern Charlotte to find hundreds of people in the street.  

As over a dozen emergency services swooped on the scene, several shots were fired, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Johnny Jennings said.

Jennings said there was evidence of multiple shooters, but no one was in custody as of Monday morning.

Cops arrived at the scene on Beatties Ford Road in northern Charlotte to find hundreds of people in the street

The five people were hit by vehicles while running away, Jennings said.

The conditions of the 12 people hospitalized with injuries weren't immediately clear.

Further details weren't immediately available. Calls, a direct message and an email from The Associated Press to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police weren´t immediately returned.

Juneteenth, for which celebrations started Friday, commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free 155 years ago.

Five were hit by cars while running from the gunfire, which scattered the large crowds around midnight at an 'impromptu block party' in Charlotte (scene pictured)

Police said there was evidence of multiple shooters, but no one was in custody as of Monday morning