Gastonia PD Looking For Suspect After Early Morning Shooting

GASTONIA, NC — Gastonia police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who shot one person in the shoulder early Thursday morning.

Shortly after two o’clock this morning police responded to a call about a shooting on Davis Avenue.

Upon arrival they found Albert McMillen, 34, with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. McMillen was transported to CaroMont Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect is described as a black male with short dreadlocks.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. Heath McMullan at 704-866-6968 or Crime Stoppers of Gaston County at 704-861-8000.