The following a press release from the office of Vance County Sheriff Peter White:
ON NOVEMBER 3, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 PM, DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL AT 493 DANIEL BOONE TRAIL IN REFERENCE TO A SHOOTING.
UPON ARRIVAL, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BRYAN MATTHEW ALLEN, AGE 35 OF 493 DANIEL BOONE TRAIL HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE SHOULDER. WHILE ON SCENE, DEPUTIES HEARD A SHOT THAT CAME FROM NEARBY AND LEARNED THAT A SECOND VICTIM HAD BEEN SHOT AT 580 DANIEL BOONE TRAIL. THIS VICTIM WAS MELVIN WAYNE KINTON, AGE 62, OF THIS SAME ADDRESS. BOTH VICTIMS AND THE SHOOTER WERE NEIGHBORS. ALSO, BOTH VICTIMS WERE SHOT FROM OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOMES.
ALLEN WAS TRANSPORTED TO MARIA PARHAM MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS TREATED.
MELVIN KINTON WAS TRANSPORTED TO DUKE MEDICAL CENTER AND IS BEING TREATED.
BRYAN KEITH COLEMAN, AGE 54, OF 501 DANIEL BOONE TRAIL WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FELONY “ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON WITH (intent) TO KILL (and) INFLICTING INJURY” AND “DISCHARGING A WEAPON (HUNTING RIFLE) INTO AN OCCUPIED DWELLING INFLICTING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.” HE WAS PLACED IN THE VANCE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER UNDER A $250,000.00 BOND TIMES TWO.
HE HAS A COURT DATE OF NOVEMBER 16, 2015.
NO MOTIVE IS KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
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