GASTONIA, N.C. — The Gastonia Police Department says a man is dead after an early morning shooting Saturday, April 29.
Officers responded to the scene along Pebblestone Way off Fern Forest Road around 5:30 a.m. They found the man with a gunshot wound inside a home.
Gastonia Police noted on Twitter two or three male suspects were reportedly spotted fleeing the area after gunshots rang out.
The victim has since been identified as of 25-year-old Demallon Lamarea Anthony White of Gastonia.
On May 10, Gastonia Police confirmed that 25-year-old Quinton Payne Palmer-Whitesides of Vale, North Carolina had been charged with the murder.
This remains an active investigation, and anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Gaston County at 704-861-8000.
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