ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A Buncombe County man was sentenced Tuesday in Superior Court after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges stemming from a 2024 shooting incident that began with a dispute over a stolen dog.
Christopher Andrew Huntsinger, 52, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Grant to felony discharging a firearm from an enclosure to incite fear, felony possession of a firearm by a felon, felony altering or removing a firearm’s serial number and felony possession of methamphetamine.
According to the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office, Huntsinger received a sentence of 32 to 48 months in prison for discharging a firearm, and an additional 24 to 38 months for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Those sentences will run consecutively. He was also given a consolidated sentence of 18 to 31 months for the remaining charges, which will also run consecutively, for a total active sentence of 74 to 117 months in the North Carolina prison system…