ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Following three separate shooting incidents during the first weekend of March, the Asheville Police Department launched a 30-day crime initiative.
At the beginning of March, a shooting on North Lexington Avenue injured nine people. A shooting near the Pisgah View Apartments killed one person, and another shooting along Patton Avenue killed another person.
City Council Member Maggie Ullman reported in a news release that after the spike in crime, APD launched a 30-day crime initiative called the Public Safety Action…