Tragedy struck North Carolina this week when a 22-year-old man killed two UNC Charlotte students and injured four others in a campus shooting on the last day of classes. The Charlotte Observer reports that on Tuesday evening a former UNCC student, Trystan Andrew Terrell, used a handgun to attack students in a science and technology course that he had attended at one time. Riley Howell of Waynesville and Ellis Parlier of Midland lost their lives in the attack; our thoughts are with their families and friends, along with everyone else affected by the shooting. Keep reading for more news. Waynesville & Midland. Riley Howell is credited with saving many lives during the shooting by sacrificing his own. Howell tackled Terrell after he opened fire, knocking him to the ground and interrupting the attack until campus police arrived. People lined the streets of Waynesville to honor Howell as his body was returned to Haywood County by police escort on Thursday. Dozens of people gathered at the Matthews Presbyterian Church near Midland on Wednesday to remember Ellis Parlier. This Charlotte Observer article has more information about both Howell and Parlier. Cold Case Arrest. WRAL reports that DNA evidence has led to an arrest in a Johnston County murder that occurred nearly 50 years ago. Bonnie Neighbors was found dead in December of 1972 after disappearing while picking up her son from school. Johnston County investigators recently asked the State Crime Lab to re-test evidence collected at the crime scene using a new DNA test [...]
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