2 men, one juvenile arrested after double homicide in Gaston County
‘Armed and dangerous’ man wanted in double homicide in Gaston County By WBTV Web Staff | February 19, 2021 at 4:47 AM EST - Updated February 23 at 10:31 AM
GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - Two men and one juvenile have been arrested in connection with a double homicide investigation that began in Gaston County late Thursday night.
The shooting happened around 11:45 p.m. off Lowery Wood Road, near the Cleveland County line. When they got to the scene, police said they found two men, Robert Lucas “Luke” Gibby, age 22, and Adam Kale Wood, age 19, deceased near the intersection.
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Six people - the oldest just 22, the youngest a 16-year-old girl - reportedly were part of a meetup in western Gaston County last week on a cold, rainy February night where the purpose included the sale of marijuana.
Before the clock struck midnight on Feb. 18, two of the men - Robert Lucas Luke Gibby, 22, of Bessemer City, and Adam Kale Wood, 19, of Kings Mountain - would be dead.
Shot in the back, according to Gaston County Assistant District Attorney Chad Smith.
Another man, 21-year-old Todd Payton Lee Waggoner of Winston-Salem, would be shot four times, possibly only surviving because he played dead, according to his Charlotte attorney Ryan Ames.