19-year-old sought in shooting death of teenager in Gastonia

GASTONIA, N.C. — Police are asking for the public’s help trying to find a 19-year-old charged in the shooting death of a Bessemer City man Saturday night.

Gastonia police said Jabar Nichols, 18, was shot on the porch at a home on Southside Avenue around 10:50 p.m. Saturday.

He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Further details about the shooting have not been released.

One of two suspects in the homicide, a 17-year-old, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Police are looking for a second suspect though, 19-year-old Markevion Antwan Weldon, who is also charged with first-degree murder in the case.

Anyone who knows where Weldon might be is asked to call Detective D.M. Whitlock at 704-842-5123 or Crime Stoppers of Gaston County at 704-861-8000.

Crime Stoppers pays cash for a tip that leads to an arrest.

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