One person is reported dead and multiple others wounded in what’s being termed a mass shooting south of Hickory in the Mountain View Community.
The location is off Walnut Acres Drive.
One media report says shots were fired in an area where a party attended by around 100 people was being held.
This is a developing story…
Update…5AM
ᴄᴀᴛᴀᴡʙᴀ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʏ, ɴ.ᴄ. – On Sunday, 06/01/2025 at 12:45 a.m. deputies with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Hickory Police Department responded to a report of multiple persons shot at a residence on Walnut Acres Dr, which is located in the Mountain View community of southwest Catawba County. As of this release, twelve (12) victims have been reported. One of these reported victims is deceased. Another of these reported victims is in critical condition. Several others remain hospitalized.
Sheriff’s investigators along with investigators from Hickory Police Department and Special Agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are at the scene of this incident attempting to establish a motive and identify those responsible. No arrests have been made as of this release.
Additional information will be released as this investigation continues.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to contact the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office at 828-464-3112.