RFP Staff
♦ A Double-Shooting occurred down at 526 North Shaver Street Friday at around 10:50 p.m. when two allegedly homeless persons Edward Sifford, 55, and Matthew Dwyer, 54, were drinking beer on the porch of an abandoned house. An unidentified man and woman walked by and stopped to talk. Allegedly the man tried to steal beer from Sifford which degenerated into brawl on the porch where punches started flying. Dwyer tried to step in between the two men. At that point the woman drew a pistol and began shooting. Both Sifford and Dwyer were struck with several bullets. Dwyer staggered around the corner to the 500 block of East Cemetery Street where he collapsed.
A neighbor said squatters frequented the North Shaver Street house where the two men drank on the porch. “Its not uncommon to see bums scrapping out here on weekends.”
Both men were eventually transported to North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Both gunshot victims’ wounds were said to be non-life threatening.
The crime scene was active with investigators. Police vehicles began to fill out the 500 block of North Shaver street during the early morning hours.
The shootings remain under investigation.
Shooting Victim Matthew John Dwyer:
Shooting Victim Edward Eugene Sifford:
**This article will be updated as more information arrives.**
