BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a shooting which sent one person to the hospital.
According to the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, at around noon last Friday deputies were called to Lifting Fog Drive in Leicester for a report of a breaking and entering by three people wearing masks.
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On the scene deputies reportedly found one person with a gunshot wound.
On Thursday, the sheriff’s department said it has arrested three teenagers – Noah Berry McDade, 19, and Jayden Saleem Smith, 19, as well as an unnamed 16-year-old – in connection with the incident.
McDade and Smith have been charged breaking and entering, conspiracy and attempted robbery.
The 16-year-old is in custody and will be charged on a juvenile petition related to the shooting.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation into the shooting is still ongoing and more arrests and charges are forthcoming.