Suspect in triple shooting that left 2 dead identified by NC police
This story was updated at 10:35 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021:
Two men were killed and a third showed up at a hospital hurt after a shooting along a rural stretch of road in Gaston County late Thursday, police said.
Gaston County police said officers found 22-year-old Robert Lucas “Luke” Gibby of Bessemer City and 19-year-old Adam Kale Wood of Kings Mountain dead near the intersection of Lowery Wood Road and Lewis Farm Road, just north of Kings Mountain.
Late Saturday, police named 19-year-old Michael Shane Barnes of Taylorsville as a suspect in the shooting. Warrants were issued on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, according to a police statement. Barnes is “considered armed and dangerous,” and police cautioned the public not to interact with him.
Police found Gibby and Wood after responding to a 911 call about a shooting at 11:45 p.m. Thursday.
About two hours later, 21-year-old Todd Payton Lee Waggoner of Winston Salem entered Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Waggoner “reported to have been at the scene earlier in the night,” according to a Gaston County Police Department news release. The hospital is about 110 miles northeast of the shooting scene.
Police urged anyone with information to call them at 704-866-3320 or Crime Stoppers at 704-861-8000.
Crimes Stoppers pays a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest, police said.
This story was originally published February 19, 2021 at 12:11 PM.