Two Catawba County Men Charged With Attempted Murder In McDowell County

Two Catawba County men have been charged with attempted murder in McDowell County. The charges date back to an incident that took place in October.

The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office has charged 34-year-old Maynor Javier Yanes Basquez of Long View and 27-year-old Chad Michael Sampson of Hickory with attempted first-degree murder.

In the early morning hours of October 10, two women from the Nebo Community reported someone had fired multiple rounds into their residence while they were sleeping. McDowell Deputies recovered a number of high-powered rifle casings at the scene.

On October 11, the investigation led McDowell Detectives to Basquez’s residence in Long View where they seized a rifle and ammunition suspected to have been used in the shooting. Basquez was taken into custody by Catawba County Deputies. Sampson was taken into custody by Burke County authorities on October 19th.