The Apple Store at Northlake Mall, one of the company's two locations in Charlotte, closed at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the location's page on the Apple website.

CHARLOTTE — The Apple store in Northlake Mall is permanently closed, according to the company’s website. Employees were notified Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported. The closure comes the day ...

Northlake Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina saw a third shooting incident in 75 days on Tuesday. Apple shuttered its store there the following day, Bloomberg reported.

The shootings at a North Carolina mall — the most recent of which occurred outside a nearby Macy’s location on Tuesday – were a factor in the abrupt closure.