Displaying items by tag: shooting

ROCKINGHAM — Two men are charged with murder in connection to homicide last week in the Little Philadelphia community.

"Failed gun legislation is the norm," reads the headline at Axios, "after mass shootings like Buffalo tragedy." Further down in the story, we read that an October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas "prompted fresh calls from lawmakers on both sides to pass gun control legislation."

Why did Payton Gendron (allegedly, but he live-streamed it, so it's not like there's much doubt) murder 10 people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store on May 14?

ELLERBE — A high school team from Stanly County and a middle school team from Surry County took top honors at the 2022 Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament on April 30.

ROCKINGHAM — Police are investigating two shootings from late last week that both happened within the same hour.

RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will host the 44th annual Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament state championship on April 30 at the John F. Lentz Hunter Education Complex in Ellerbe. The competition is conducted on senior (high school) and junior (middle and elementary schools) divisional levels, with overall team and individual awards based on aggregate scores in all events.

ROCKINGHAM — The victim of a shooting last week died from his injuries over the weekend, according to investigators with the Rockingham Police Department.

ROCKINGHAM — Police are investigating two shootings from Wednesday evening, one of which sent a teen to a hospital.

HAMLET — Police are asking the public’s help in locating a man wanted for questioning in a homicide from last summer.

HAMLET— Two suspects in a weekend shooting that sent a man to the hospital turned themselves in on Wednesday.