Incident
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1-26-2025 North Carolina Gastonia 2-1
Location
January 26, 2025
Ganesha Food Mart1617 N Chester St
Gastonia, North Carolina
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Zaquavious Dawkins
- Age: 16
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Name: Chance Hoyle
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Acquaintance
- Name: Sean James Curtis Simpson
- Age: 16
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Drive-by (car to street, car to car)
- Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Unknown
Sources
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- URL: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/minor-fatally-shot-near-gastonia-food-mart-police-offer-reward/O2GY7GIZIVG5JMO5BCKWWJ7J7M/
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- URL: https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/gaston-county/teen-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-slaying-of-gastonia-16-year-old-police/
District
Congressional District: 14State Senate District: 43
State House District: 108