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Arrest made after suspect shoots into car in Hickory, hitting juvenile

Hickory Police Department (Hickory Police Department)
(Hickory Police Department)

HICKORY, N.C. — Police arrested a 19-year-old accused of shooting a juvenile in a car Wednesday in Hickory, police said.

Zamarion Emanuel Calloway was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of discharging a weapon into occupied property.

Just before 7:30 p.m., the Hickory Police Department was responding to a shots fired call when they found out the Long View Police Department was also investigating a shooting.

The departments figured out the incident happened in the area of South Center Street and First Avenue Southeast. Calloway is accused of shooting into a car there, hitting someone inside.

The victim, who is under the age of 18, then drove to Hilltop Apartments in Long View. He was flown to a hospital in Charlotte for treatment and was in stable condition as of Friday.

Police said two other people, in addition to the victim, were inside the car. No one else was hurt, police said.

The car was reported stolen to police earlier that day, investigators said.

Calloway was denied bond.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 828-328-5551.

(WATCH BELOW: CMPD investigating shooting in north Charlotte)


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