Incident

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    4-18-2018 North Carolina Asheville 6-1

    Location

    April 18, 2018

    73 Hansel Ave
    Asheville, North Carolina
    Geolocation: 35.5902, -82.5834

    Participants

    • Type: Victim
    • Name: Erica Nichelle Smith
    • Age: 32
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Female
    • Status: Killed
    • Type: Victim
    • Name: Keithan Whitmire
    • Age: 15
    • Age Group: Teen 12-17
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Killed
    • Type: Victim
    • Name: Harmony Smith
    • Age: 13
    • Age Group: Teen 12-17
    • Gender: Female
    • Status: Killed
    • Type: Victim
    • Age: 12
    • Age Group: Teen 12-17
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Injured
    • Type: Victim
    • Age: 10
    • Age Group: Child 0-11
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Injured
    • Type: Victim
    • Age: 8
    • Age Group: Child 0-11
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Injured
    • Type: Subject-Suspect
    • Relationship: Significant others - current or former
    • Name: Maurice Laron Garner
    • Age: 35
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Killed

    Incident Characteristics

    • Shot - Wounded/Injured
    • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
    • Suicide^
    • Murder/Suicide
    • Child Involved Incident
    • Child injured (not child shooter)
    • Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
    • Domestic Violence

    Notes

    suspect shot mother and her 5 children (8 and 10 yo graze wounds), died of self-inflicted gunshot wound

    Guns Involved

    1 gun involved.

    • Type: Unknown
    • Stolen: Unknown

    District

    Congressional District: 10
    State Senate District: 49
    State House District: 114