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Salisbury police investigating 2 separate homicides

A Salisbury man died after being shot at a memorial service on Saturday and a woman was killed in a separate shooting on Sunday.

SALISBURY, N.C. — Two people were killed in separate shootings over the weekend in Salisbury, according to the Salisbury Police Department. 

Shaleek Jaqwon Williams died after being shot at a memorial service on Saturday. The 26-year-old had been brought to the hospital with a gunshot wound around 9 p.m., police said.

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Williams was shot while attending a memorial service at Jersey City Park and later died in the hospital. 

A 21-year-old woman was killed in a separate shooting over the weekend, police confirmed. 

Alyssia Nicole Salter died in the hospital after being shot on Sunday near Old Wilkesboro Road. 

Police are investigating both cases and said no arrests have been made in connection to either of the shooting deaths. 

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The Salisbury Police Department said it is working with state and federal authorities "to bring this investigation to a resolution and to develop ideas on how to prevent this kind of senseless violence."      

No arrests have been made in connection to either of the homicide investigations, which are thought to be unrelated to each other. 

"The Salisbury Police Department would like to extend our prayers to the Williams and Salter families," the department said in a statement on Monday. 

 Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. McElveen at (704) 638-5333, (704) 216-2710 or investigations@salisburync.gov

People can also visit www.salisburync.gov/ReportACrime to submit anonymous videos.

 

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