Second downtown Asheville shooting suspect charged

Asheville Police detectives have charged a second person in connection with the March 8 shooting downtown.

Ashonta Foursha Basnight, 28, has been charged with three counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm in city limits.

Basnight turned herself in on March 20 and was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility without bond…

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