Maiden Man Charged After Fatal Hit-And-Run In Hickory Parking Lot

Hickory Police have charged 20-year-old Austin Wayne Edmondson of Maiden with with murder, felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon, and felony hit-and-run.

Police say Edmondson struck Jason Michael Foley early Saturday morning with his vehicle in the parking lot of Party City located on Catawba Valley Blvd, SE. Foley died on Sunday. Three other people were also struck, the extent of their injuries have not been released.

Witnesses identified Edmondson as the suspect according to a release from Hickory Police.

Edmondson remains in the Catawba County Detention Center witout bond. He is scheduled to appear in court today in Newton.

Photo: Hickory Police Department