RFP Staff
♦ Willie Earl Williams, Jr., 33, and Kapetra Monique Simpson Lyerly, 30, both of Salisbury, are both charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury (felony) for the Shaver street double-shooting of two homeless men Edward Sifford, 55, and Matthew Dwyer, 54, drinking beer on the porch of a vacant house at 526 N. Shaver Street.
Williams is being held under a $50,000 secured bond. Lyerly was already in the Detention Center for a probation violation.
Kapetra Lyerly’s Previous Record:
Willie Earl Williams, Jr., Previous Record:
Kapetra Monique Simpson Lyerly:
Willie Earl Williams, Jr.
The October 17th RFP Article on the double shooting:
“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. Both are expected to fully recover.
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.”
Shooting Victim Matthew John Dwyer:
Shooting Victim Edward Eugene Sifford:
