Incident

4-18-2018 North Carolina Asheville 6-1

Location

April 18, 2018

Incident Address
Asheville, North Carolina

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Name: Erica Nichelle Smith
  • Age: 32
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Female
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Victim
  • Name: Keithan Deshaun 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, or 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

GF and her 5/6 children (8 and 10 yo graze), Susp died of self-inflicted GSW; surviving children Zyrique Jayden, Tyron, and Kaleb (no ages to match with vics)

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

  • Type: Unknown

District

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