RFP Staff
♦ Saturday at around 11:15 p.m. a running gun battle broke out on the 400 block of West Thomas Street in Salisbury at a suspected drug complex and spread to South Ellis. A number of shots were fired into the West Thomas Street complex and around the corner on South Ellis near Marsh. The two gunshot victims were later identified as Keven Patrick Roseberry, 21, and Daeshore Aceem Lyles, 21, both of Salisbury. Both men were driven by car to the Novant Rowan Regional Medical Center for emergency treatment. Both are said to be in stable condition and remain in the hospital. Investigators found shell casings nearby on South Ellis where vehicles were struck by gunfire.
At this time the Salisbury Police have not developed any suspects in the shooting.
Salisbury Police showed up after being called by a neighbor, placing his trash out at the time of the shooting. Like other neighbors on the block, he believes the shootings was drug related. Many in the area have witnessed what appears like steady drug activity in the apartment complex on the 400 block of West Thomas. Over the months, according to neighbors, Salisbury Police were repeatedly summoned to the complex. On August 13th of this year a pitch gun battle broke out at 422 West Thomas, the former home of the unsolved murder victim Miquel Angel Urrutia, 24, gunned down in his Chrysler on a lonely road back in March.
Saturday night into early Sunday morning, Police cars lined up along West Thomas as investigators went door-to-door through the neighborhood looking for information. Many of the neighbors are frustrated that the drug sales and violence have not be removed from their neighborhood.
If you have any information about this shooting, please call the Salisbury Police Department at 704-638-5333 or Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.
**This article will be updated as soon as more information is available.**
Daeshore Aceem Lyles (below):
Keven Patrick Roseberry (below):
