BOONE, N.C. — A man is in custody after a shooting at a large gathering in Boone on Saturday night, according to the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they received calls of a fight breaking out and a shooting occurring at a gathering on Will Cook Road around 9 p.m. The scene was quickly secured and two people were transported to the hospital.
A black GMC pickup truck was quickly identified by witnesses. Officers got in contact with the suspect and began a dialog that lasted three hours. Stephen Ped Nobles, 27, agreed to surrender to officers and was taken into custody.
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Nobles, of North Wilkesboro, is being charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
Both victims were released from the hospital.
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