GASTONIA, NC — Gastonia Police are investigating the murder of a man who was found dead in a parking lot on W. Franklin Boulevard Saturday night.
Police say around 9:08pm Saturday they were called to a parking lot on the 800 block of W. Franklin Blvd. There they found 27-year-old Lapriz Blake dead from a gun shot wound.
No arrests have been made at this time. The investigation is ongoing.
Police are asking anyone with information to please contact Gastonia Police Detective Mike Butts at (704) 854-6647 or Crime Stoppers of Gaston County at (704) 861-8000.
