WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Police investigated a shooting that injured two people in Winston-Salem.
At 12:47 p.m., officers with the Winston-Salem Police Department responded to a reported shooting at the entrance to Salem Garden Apartments.
Officers found a 42-year-old man near the leasing office who had been shot. EMS workers took him to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers also found a 19-year-old in a nearby vehicle. He had also been shot. EMS workers took him to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers identified Stephon Albright, 25, of Winston-Salem, as a suspect. He was found in the Piedmont Circle community with a 7.62 rifle and arrested.
Officers established probable cause to obtain a search warrant for an apartment on Piedmont Circle and located Mekeal Binns, 22, of Winston-Salem, in the apartment.
Officers seized a .45 caliber Glock handgun from the apartment when the search warrant was executed and arrested Binns.
He was charged with:
- two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury
- discharging from within an enclosure
- PWISD marijuana
- possession of a firearm by a felon
Officers charged Albright with:
- two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury
- discharging from within an enclosure
- possession of a firearm by a felon
The bond is pending for Binns and Albright.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with any information regarding this investigation is asked to call the WSPD at (336) 773-7700, Crime Stoppers at (336) 727-2800, or En Espanol (336) 728-3904. You can also view “Crime Stoppers of Winston-Salem Forsyth County” on Facebook.
