
ASHEBORO N.C. (ACME NEWS) – A man is in jail today after police say he shot at a car on w Salisbury St in Asheboro over the weekend.

On August 7th, just after 3:45 p.m., police received a call about an individual discharging a firearm in the parking lot of Mid-Town Dixie located at the corner of Salisbury and Park St in Asheboro.
When officers arrived, witnesses told the officers a black male had just fired two shots at a black Acura. Surveillance video reviewed by police confirmed the male had fired a weapon in the parking lot.
Police say they later located bullet holes in a storage building across the street that formerly housed Hunt Electric Supply.
The suspect was located and arrested walking a short distance from the scene at the intersection of Hoover and Park St. Twenty-year-old Shamon Alan Thomas of Asheboro, was charged with discharging a firearm in city limits, damage to property, simple possession, possession of marijuana paraphilia, possession of drug paraphilia, and felony possession of a Schedule I substance.

Shamon Alan Thomas
- Discharging a firearm in city limits
- Damage to property
- Simple possession
- Possession of marijuana paraphilia
- Possession of drug paraphilia
- Felony possession of a Schedule I substance
$15,000 Secured Bond
Thomas is currently being held at the Randolph County Jail under a $15,000 secured bond. Police did not release a motive for the shooting and were not able to locate the Acura that was being shot at.
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