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Four dead after shooting in Mount Airy
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Published: November 1, 2009
Updated: 11/01/2009 09:43 pm
MOUNT- AIRY -- Mount Airy police searched for a man last night whom they believe shot and killed four other men in the parking lot of a TV and appliance store yesterday.
A Surry County magistrate issued an arrest warrant for Marcos Chavez Gonzalez, 29, who is a suspect in the shooting, said Chief Dale Watson of the Mount Airy Police Department. Gonzalez is charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
Police said that Gonzalez was driving a green 2003 Ford F-350 pickup truck with brown trim. Investigators considered Gonzalez armed and dangerous, and he has a criminal record.
Watson declined to release the victims' names. They lived in Surry County.
Watson said that the shooting occurred about 2:15 p.m. behind the Wood's TV and appliance store at 729 Worth St., which is in the historic district of Mount Airy.
Two men died at the scene, and two other men died later at Northern Hospital of Surry County, authorities said.
"This was not a random event," Watson told reporters during a news conference at the Mount Airy police headquarters.
Investigators are trying to determine why the men were in the parking lot and what events led up to the shooting, Watson said.
A high-powered rifle was used in the shooting, Watson said.
The State Bureau of Investigation, the Surry County Sheriff's Office and the N.C. Highway Patrol are assisting Mount Airy police in its investigation of the shooting, Watson also said.
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