RFP Staff
♦ Salisbury Police sources report that Samuel Lee White, 36, was arrested at his home on 839 Carpenters Circle on Thursday at 1:49 p.m. for allegedly shooting Kenneth Durant White, 33, living at 822 Carpenters Circle during a gunfight over loud music in the wee hours of Sunday morning June 25th. Kenneth Durant White was struck by a bullet in the thigh and was transported to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. He was transferred Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem where he was treated and later released.
Samuel Lee White:
White was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury (felony). Under a secured $25,000 bond, he is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center.
Samuel Lee White’s Previous Record:
839 Carpenters Circle, Salisbury, N.C.:
Location 839 Carpenters Circle, Salisbury, N.C.:
The Rowan Free Press Article of the June 25th Shooting on Carpenter’s Circle: “Salisbury: Argument Erupts into a Gunfire Exchange Sunday Morning on Carpenters Circle. A Wounded Man was Transported to the Hospital”
“Salisbury Police sources report a gunfight broke out Sunday morning at 822 Carpenters Circle. The shooting was reported to 911 dispatch at 1:24 a.m. Allegedly two men got into an argument about music being played loudly and drew handguns, firing at each other. One of the men identified as Kenneth Durant White, 33, of 822 Carpenters Circle was struck by a bullet in the thigh and was transported to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. He was transferred Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem where he was treated and released.
The suspected shooter fled briefly into a wooded area behind the Habitat-for-Humanity renovated homes on Carpenters Circle, but was soon brought out, handcuffed, and taken into custody by the Salisbury Police. An area resident resident identified the man as Samuel White, but this has not been officially confirmed.
Handguns, believed belonging to the two suspects, were recovered nearby. Several firearms were seized from a home on Carpenters Circle.
Manifest from Police Event Report of firearms and ammo seized:
822 Carpenters Circle, Salisbury, N.C.:
Location 822 Carpenters Circle, Salisbury, N.C.:
Rowan Free Press June 27th Article: “Salisbury: Sunday’s Shooting at Carpenters Circle and the Lack of Charges and Arrests. Are We Altering FBI Stats with Community Relations?”
