GASTONIA, N.C. — Detectives with the Gastonia Police Department have arrested and charged a man for his involvement in the shooting of a 69-year-old man in Gastonia on Thursday.
Christopher Levi Stewart, 44, was charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Conspiracy for his involvement, according to a news release.
Christopher Levi Stewart
Investigators say they do not believe that this shooting was random.
Thursday afternoon around 2:23 p.m., officers responded to a home on W. Nineteenth Avenue after a shooting was reported.
Responding officers say they located a victim inside the home suffering from a gunshot wound.
Police say this victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the shooting.
During the investigation, detectives identified Stewart as a suspect in the shooting and took him in for questioning at the Gastonia Police Department Headquarters, where he was later charged.
The investigation into this case is active and ongoing.
Police ask anyone with more information on this case to call detectives at 704-866-6702 or to leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 704-861-8000.