CHARLOTTE, N.C. – At least one victim of what Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are calling a “mass casualty” event is now sharing his experience. At least three people were killed and 11 others injured late Sunday night when a weekend celebration quickly spun into violence.

About 36 hours before interviewing Marco Blair, he had been released from the hospital.  

“They didn't keep me long,” Blair says. “[They] ran CT scans, and X-rays. Since then, I still have headaches. Can't bend down to tie my shoes, I get a headache.”

He's blessed to not be too banged up physically after getting hit by an SUV Sunday along Beatties Ford Road.

“I pushed my friend, Will, and another female out the way of the traffic, and I took most of the hit,” he says.

He's marched as part of social justice rallies for the last 24 days, and last Friday it culminated in a weekend-long event near the intersection of Beatties Ford Road and LaSalle Street to celebrate Juneteenth.

“It was a joy to see all those Black people out there together and really taking care of each other, making sure that everyone is OK,” Blair adds.

Despite it not being associated with any official Juneteenth event and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police calling it "un-sanctioned," Blair says there was organization to the impromptu block party.

“We wasn't worried about shots being fired,” he says. “We was just walking. It was casual. We just walking back and forth across the street, cars letting us go. That's why I say it was well-organized.”

But in an instant, that changed in a violent, deadly way.

“Fireworks go off, three shots, pure silence for like five seconds, and ambulance creep up a little bit,” Blair explains.

Then it was an all out pandemonium, as at least 400 people, including an injured Blair, tried to escape with their lives.

“I seen people get shot,” he says. “I seen a couple people take bullets as they ran.”

It's violence that took over just as protests for racial justice began to simmer down.

“If it's over with, I'm still gonna have to fight regardless, for the peace and unity in this world,” he says.

Just looking at the expansive crime scene where 14 people were either killed or injured, that couldn't be more true.

“For us Blacks to really want the White people stay off us and the cops to stay off, this what we got to stop,” Blair states. “This is what leads police in our community, this is what leads police to target us, because we're targeting each other off senseless acts.”

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have yet to release any information on suspects or leads. At last check, two people were still in the hospital in very critical condition.