WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — One person was killed in a shooting Sunday morning in Haywood County.
According to the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of a possible gunshot on Mary John Drive in Waynesville shortly before 5 a.m.
Deputies found two victims at the scene. One person was transported to a local hospital with a possible gunshot wound. The second person — identified as Chris Monteith, of Waynesville — was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
The case remains an active investigation, and no further details will be released at this time, the sheriff’s office said.