Man fires shot and bullet strikes neighbor
Detective Patrick Guion of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Gary Lee Swafford, 55, of 5250 Nix Creek Road in Marion, with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a felon.
At 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, Lucus Laudermilk, 20, of 5515 Nix Creek Road, reported that he was walking on Nix Creek, when he heard a gunshot and almost immediately felt pain in the area of his right hip.
An investigation showed that Swafford had fired a round in Laudermilk’s direction, and the bullet struck the victim.
Laudermilk was taken to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville for treatment of his injury.
Address/Location
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
593 Spaulding Rd
Marion, NC 28752
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-2235
Richelle Bailey
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
[email protected]
828-652-2235
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