Blotter: Woman reports gunshots at her Blackwelder Road home

Published 11:26 pm Thursday, June 27, 2019

By Shavonne Walker

shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com

SALISBURY — Someone fired gunshots into a Salisbury home early Tuesday morning. The homeowner and another occupant weren’t injured, officials said, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman homeowner said she didn’t know why her home was a target in the 4:30 a.m. shooting in the 7500 block of Blackwelder Road.

A woman staying at the home told authorities she heard gunshots. She was asleep in a front bedroom and saw a shattered window in the front part of the house.

Officials said there was no other damage. Investigators found a bullet with a damaged tip in the bushes in front of the house.

The owner said she hears gunshots often but never around that time. The damage was estimated at $200.

In other Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports

• Klimer Platforms reported Tuesday that someone stole copper from the business, 225 Kress Venture Drive, China Grove.

• A woman reported a stolen vehicle Tuesday in the 1100 block of Conestoga Trail.

• A man reported a stolen vehicle Tuesday in the 100 block of Westminster Court.

• Kevin Shawn Hurley, 31, was charged Tuesday with felony possession of a controlled substance Schedule II in the 200 block of Bee Lake Drive.

• Marterius Azende Robinson, 21, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor larceny of a motor vehicle in the 100 block of West Liberty Street.

• Daquan Cornelius Lewis, 24, was charged Tuesday with felony breaking and entering at the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office.

• David Dejaun Winston, 28, was charged Tuesday with felony breaking and entering at the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office.

In Salisbury Police Department reports

• A woman reported Wednesday that items were stolen from her vehicle in the 700 block of Hamilton Drive.

• A woman reported vandalism Wednesday in the 500 block of Elm Street.

• A woman reported vandalism Wednesday in the 800 block of West Thomas Street.

• A woman reported a stolen license plate Wednesday in the 1000 block of South Main Street.

• A man reported vandalism Wednesday in the 500 block of South Craige Street.

• Russell Wayne Lakey, 44, was charged Wednesday with simple assault in the 1700 block of North Lee Street.

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.