WPD: Sunday morning drive-by shooting linked to vehicle shooting incident on Saturday
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The Wilmington Police Department is investigating a Sunday morning drive-by shooting that police believe is related to another shooting on Saturday afternoon.
According to a news release from WPD on Monday, officers received a ShotSpotter notification around 8:40 a.m. Sunday for the 1100 block of Carnation Court. A house in the area had been struck with several bullets while people were inside the residence, but no one was injured.
A woman was at the home with validated Bloods gang member Michael Hines during the Sunday morning shooting. She and Hines, 26, of Wilmington, said they did not know who shot into the home.
A vehicle parked near the residence also had multiple bullet holes. That vehicle matched the description from a shooting that occurred around 3:20 p.m. Saturday on Dawson Street.
The woman at the residence confirmed it was her vehicle and that she was driving it when an unknown male shot into the car. She did not report the vehicle shooting incident.
Witnesses said the woman was stopped at a red light on Oleander Drive when a dark-colored Chevrolet Tahoe with tinted windows pulled up behind the vehicle. A passenger jumped out of the Tahoe, ran up to the car and fired multiple rounds into it before fleeing the scene.
Anyone with information on either of these shootings should call Wilmington police at 910-343-3600 or use Text-A-Tip by texting TIP708 and your message to 274637 (CRIMES).
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