Two men were charged with a hit-and-run in Greensboro on April 13 that killed Xiomara Moore, a college student who grew up in Gastonia, police announced Thursday. Community remembers college student killed in hit-and-run in Greensboro The driver, Darion Tyric Valentine, 22, was charged with felony hit-and-run death, felony possession of a stolen automobile, careless […]
Gastonia man arrested, accused of kidnapping 14-year-old from Ohio Deputies in Cleveland County were able to arrest a kidnapping suspect from Gastonia thanks to a tip from authorities in Ohio. The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday that Brandon Kyle Prichard was taken into custody late Thursday night for kidnapping, human trafficking, and weapon […]
A man pleaded guilty on Friday to shooting several people, including two officers, at a nightclub in Gastonia. The six were shot on Nov. 12, 2020 at Remedies Restaurant and Nightclub on Union Road. RELATED COVERAGE: Gastonia Police Department Sgt. Eric Nelson and Cpl. Mike Lewis, officers hired to provide security, were trying to de-escalate […]
Jai’Shaun Young A shooting in South Carolina that claimed the life of a Gastonia man may have been gang-related, according to testimony in York County Family Court on Tuesday. A teenager is charged with murder and attempted murder in the death of Jai’Shaun Young, a Gastonia man who was shot May 4 outside a home […]
A teenager was diagnosed with a concussion after police threw him to the ground during an encounter in downtown Gastonia on May 11, according to hospital records. Davion Winston, 15, said in an interview that he was walking in downtown Gastonia at about 3 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, with a group of friends when […]
Shortly after a woman exchanged gunfire with police Saturday afternoon, there were two other shootings, one of them fatal, according to the Gastonia Police Department. The second shooting of the day occurred shortly after 3 p.m. at 107 Dix St. A woman, who was not identified, was shot and killed allegedly by her 24-year-old boyfriend, […]
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Gastonia police are investigating two separate shootings that occurred Saturday afternoon. A female was involved in a domestic situation with her boyfriend David V. McDowell III, 24 at the 100 block of Dix Street. During this dispute, McDowell shot and killed his girlfriend. At a separate shooting on […]
A woman is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Gastonia on Saturday. MORE: 4 officers killed, 4 shot during east Charlotte standoff According to the Gastonia Police Department, officers were called to a home on South King Street off South Weldon Street around 1:19 p.m. for a domestic-related call. This embedded content is not available […]
Authorities in Gastonia are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting on Saturday afternoon. ALSO READ: 1 dead after officer-involved shooting in Gastonia, GEMS says Sources told Channel 9 that the shooting happened just after 3 p.m. on Dix Street off West Ashton Avenue. This embedded content is not available in your […]
Police are at the scene of a fatal shooting in Gastonia on Saturday afternoon where a police officer also was shot, local TV stations are reporting. Police Chief Trent Conard has scheduled a 5 p.m. news conference to discuss the shooting, city of Gastonia spokesman Bill McGinty said. Officers responded to the 400 block of […]
Police in York arrested a second 15-year-old boy Thursday in connection to a May 4 shooting that left a North Carolina man dead, according to 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett. The teen arrested Thursday is charged with murder and 10 counts of attempted murder, Brackett said. York police charged arrested another 15-year-old male May 10 […]
A Gastonia police officer shot and injured a woman outside a Walmart Supercenter after she crashed her car into a tree, then got out and fired a gun, the city police spokesman said. The woman drove onto a median near the store on East Franklin Boulevard about 6:45 a.m. Thursday, hit the small tree, then […]