RFP Staff
♦ Joseph Dominick Anderson, 27, of 1115 Barbour Street in Salisbury, died of gunshot wounds in a double-homicide gun battle along with Kevin Michael Caldwell, 27, of Patterson Street in Mooresville on Friday morning. Both shooting victims were identified as Black males by the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department who found the bodies in black 2007 Crown Victoria Ford at the crash scene in the 4000 block of U.S. 64 West. The killings took place on a stretch of highway 5 miles from Lexington on the way to Mocksville.
Neighbors near the murder scene called in what they believed was an accident and the dispatch went out sometime around 6 a.m. When Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene they found the Crown Victoria slammed through a large wooden storage shed, leaving it intact, before it came to rest in a smaller shed some 50 yards away on a dirt road. Before the vehicle arrived at its final resting place, it passed through two neighbor’s front yards.
The vehicle’s deceased driver was identified as Salisbury’s Joseph Dominick Anderson. Caldwell was found slumped in the front passenger seat. The vehicle allegedly once belonged to Greensboro Police Department. This is the third time Anderson was targeted for killing. Back in November and March 2015, Anderson was fired upon.
Davidson County Sheriff’s Department investigators remained on the murder scene until 12:30 p.m. Friday. The bodies of the deceased were transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh for an autopsy to be performed on Saturday.
At this time no motives were released and no suspects were developed in the continuing investigation. It has not been reported if any firearms were recovered from the Crown Victoria. Anderson is well known to Salisbury law enforcement.
If anyone has any information about this double-homicide they are requested to call the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office at 336-242-2105. Calls can also be made to Lexington Crime Stoppers at 336-243-2400.
**This article will be updated as more information arrives.**
The Late Joseph Dominick Anderson:
