Multiple guns stolen from Asheville business after Helene; suspects wanted, police say
Guns stolen from Carolina Guns and Gear- West
TWO OF US STARTS RIGHT NOW. WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. SO A NEW BEGINNING FOR EVERYBODY. IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH. BUT THANK GOD HE HAD IT FOR A REASON. THE HOUSE OF PIZZA IS GETTING A NEW HOME MONTHS AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE. I’M RAY RAYMOND CLINTON WITH A STORY. YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON WYFF NEWS FOUR. WELL, WHAT ARE WE IN WEEK FOUR RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, IT’S AND I STILL DON’T HAVE ANY RESPONSE FROM INSURANCE. IT’S ALL VERY TIME CONSUMING HERE AT THIS INSURANCE CAMP. MANY ARE LOOKING FOR HELP AFTER THE DEVASTATION BY HALLOWEEN. I’M MAYA PAYTON IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. I’LL SHOW YOU HOW THIS PROCESS ISN’T EASY FOR SOME. WE’VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE NEEDS WILL BE, AND THAT’S $53 BILLION. THE COST OF HALLOWEEN GROWING BY THE DAY. HOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS STEPPING IN TO HELP. ANOTHER MILD EVENING TONIGHT IN A COOL START TOMORROW MORNING WE’RE WARM AND SUNNY FRIDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN ON SATURDAY. I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE SATURDAY RAIN CHANCES UP NEXT. ALL RIGHT. FIRST AT 6:00. ONLY ON WYFF NEWS FOUR. IT’S BEEN NEARLY TWO MONTHS SINCE A DEVASTATING FIRE DESTROYED SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN CLINTON. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SKY4 CAPTURED THOSE FLAMES BLAZING THROUGH MUSGROVE STREET. THIS WAS BACK IN AUGUST, AND NOW A LOCAL PIZZA SHOP IS OPENING THEIR NEW LOCATION FOLLOWING THAT FIRE. AND AS OUR REY LLERENA REPORTS, THEY WON’T HAVE TO GO FAR TO GET TO THEIR NEW HOME. THE DAMAGE FROM THE AUGUST FIRE STILL LITTERS THE GROUND HERE ON MUSGROVE STREET, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO WALK TWO DOORS DOWN TO FIND A NEW LOCATION FOR THE HOUSE OF PIZZA. SO EXCITED TO BE GIVING YOU THE KEYS TO 112 MUSGROVE. THURSDAY WAS A NEW BEGINNING FOR NARMEEN JAMYA AND HER FAMILY. I WASN’T EVEN THINKING I’M GOING TO BE ABLE TO REOPEN AGAIN AS THEY GOT THE KEYS FOR THE NEW HOUSE OF PIZZA FROM PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE ARE SO DEVASTATED BY EVERYTHING BY THE FIRE, BY THE HURRICANE. IT WAS TOUGH ON US, BUT THANK GOD, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A REASON BEHIND ALL THIS. THE COLLEGE SOLD THE FAMILY THE BUILDING AFTER MITIGATING SMOKE DAMAGE LEFT OVER FROM THE AUGUST 27TH FIRE. IT REALLY HAS CREATED A GAP IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO WHO COME AND ENJOY PIZZA AT THE HOUSE OF PIZZA. IT’S ALSO A PLACE WHERE SO MANY FAMILIES COME SOON AFTER A WALK AROUND THEIR NEW HOME, THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE THE KITCHEN. WE’RE GONNA HAVE A WALL HERE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CEILING. THIS IS GOING TO BE MY OFFICE AS WELL. OUR OFFICE. THIS IS NICE. CLINTON MAYOR RANDY RANDALL SAYS HE’S HAPPY TO SEE THE RESTAURANT COME BACK. BUT AS FOR ITS FORMER LOCATION. WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO WITH THE EMPTY SPACE. YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE REBUILD, WHETHER WE MAKE IT GREEN SPACE, THAT’S ALL STILL UP IN THE AIR. BUT PLANS ARE BEING WORKED ON. JAMYA SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE EXCITED TO MAKE NEW MEMORIES IN THEIR NEW RESTAURANT. WE PROMISE THEM WE’RE GOING TO RAISE FROM ASHES BETTER THAN EVER, AND HOUSE OF PIZZA WILL BE COMING BACK IN A FEW MONTHS. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE EVERYBODY SOON. JAMYA SAYS HER FAMILY PLANS TO OPEN THE NEW HOUSE OF PIZZA IN JANUARY. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. REPORTING IN CLINTON REY LLERENA WYFF NEWS FOUR NOW ENCOURAGING. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER RIGHT NOW. THIS IS SPECTACULAR. LIVE LOOK FROM OUR ASHEVILLE SKYCAM. JUST ANOTHER PICTURE PERFECT OCTOBER EVENING. ABSOLUTELY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE COOL OUT THERE. IT CAN’T BE ANY COOLER THAN IT IS IN OUR STUDIO RIGHT NOW. I MIGHT HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE TO WARM UP. GRIFFIN HARDY IS HERE NOW. GRIFFIN, CAN I STEP OUTSIDE TO WARM UP RIGHT NOW? LOOKS LIKE 78 CAN. YEAH, THERE’S STILL SOME TIME TO GO OUTSIDE. ENJOY THE WARMER TEMPERATURES OUTDOORS. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 70S RIGHT NOW AND MUCH OF THE UPSTATE. A LITTLE COOLER IN THE MOUNTAINS NOW. NOW THE SUN’S GETTING A LITTLE LOWER. WE’RE IN THE LOW 70S IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NOW. WE DON’T HAVE HARDLY ANY CLOUDS EVEN ACROSS THE AREA. IT’S BEEN ANOTHER LOVELY DAY, AND I’M HAPPY TO SAY THAT TOMORROW WILL BE LIKE THIS AS WELL. FOR THAT 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’RE JUST GOING TO KEEP WITH MORE OF THE SAME LOW 60S BY 9:00, MID 50S IN THE UPSTATE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN UPPER 40S A LITTLE CHILLIER WHEN YOU WAKE UP EARLY TOMORROW MORNING JUST BECAUSE OF THE CALM WINDS. THAT HELPS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF A LITTLE FASTER. SO UPPER 40S BY MIDNIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN LOW 40S WHEN YOU WAKE UP EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. HERE ARE THE LOWS, TOWN BY TOWN AGAIN. THESE ARE THE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL WAKE UP TO JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. 41 FOR ASHEVILLE. AROUND THAT TIME, 44 FOR HENDERSONVILLE, 43 FOR RUTHERFORDTON, 46 FOR LAURENS. AROUND 50 IN GREENVILLE AND CLEMSON, UPPER 40S FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ANDERSON, ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD, PLACES LIKE THAT. SO AGAIN, ONE MORE NICE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THEN WE HAVE A FRONT THAT WILL BE COMING IN THIS WEEKEND. THAT MEANS PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES SATURDAY AND A SMALL CHANCE FOR RAIN. MAYBE A LITTLE SHOWER HERE AND THERE, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. LOW 80S FOR HIGH SATURDAY, THEN WE COOL OFF DOWN TO MID 60S FOR HIGH SUNDAY. WE’LL TALK ABOUT YOUR FOUR-DAY PLUS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WELL, IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY, THE ROAD TO RECOVERY AFTER HALLOWEEN IS STILL SO UNCERTAIN FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. SURVIVORS ARE REALLY RELYING ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND ALSO SUPPORT FROM THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES AND INSURANCE. CAMP IS HELPING BY BRINGING VICTIMS AND THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY TOGETHER. MAYA PAYTON HAS MORE RIGHT HERE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY, PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE DEVASTATION LEFT BY HALLOWEEN, AND THEY’RE WAITING FOR HELP, NOT JUST TO REBUILD THEIR HOMES, BUT THEIR LIVES NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER MIKE CAUSEY WAS HERE AT THE CAMP SPEAKING TO MANY SURVIVORS. DORIS FOX HOME WAS ONE OF THE MANY SEVERELY DAMAGED BY THE STORM. A TREE CRASHED HER ROOF, LEAVING HER UNABLE TO LIVE IN HER HOUSE. WEEKS HAVE PASSED AND SHE’S STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM HER INSURANCE COMPANY. SHE CAME TO THE CAMP TODAY WITH CONCERNS FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER, WHO LIVES WITH HER AND RECENTLY HAD A BABY. BOTH ARE USING THE SAME ADDRESS AND IT’S CREATING A PROBLEM. BUT BECAUSE SHE USES THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS, SHE CANNOT APPLY. SHE WAS TURNED DOWN FOR FEMA, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP, REACH OUT TO US SO WE CAN DIRECT YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE. FAMILIES LIKE DORIS SAY THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO RECOVER, BUT AS THEY FACE OBSTACLES LIKE THIS ONE, THE PATH FORWARD REMAINS UNCERTAIN. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY, I’M MAYA PAYTON, WYFF NEWS FOUR. THE COST OF HELENE IN NORTH CAROLINA HAS REACHED MORE THAN $50 BILLION IN DAMAGES. GOVERNOR ROY COOPER ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY THAT THE NEW ESTIMATE IS $53 BILLION. THAT NUMBER IS TRIPLE THE $17 BILLION IN DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE BY HURRICANE FLORENCE IN 2018. GOVERNOR COOPER IS RECOMMENDING. $3.9 BILLION AS A SORT OF DOWN PAYMENT ON THE FUTURE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE JUMP START FUNDING NOW ON MANY OF THESE AREAS, THAT WILL LEAD TO A FASTER AND STRONGER RECOVERY. STATE LAWMAKERS DID RETURN TO RALEIGH TODAY. THE SENATE PASSED THE SECOND ROUND OF HELENE RELIEF. BUNCOMBE COUNTY STUDENTS RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM TOMORROW. SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE HURRICANE HELENE HIT THE AREA, BUT OFFICIALS SAY THAT NON-POTABLE WATER AND POWER HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. SO TOMORROW AND NEXT WEEK, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL OPERATE ON A TWO HOUR DELAY. OFFICIALS SAY MANY BUS ROUTES HAVE CHANGED, THOUGH, BECAUSE OF DAMAGED ROADS AND WASHED OUT BRIDGES, AND STAYING IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SOME PARKING ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN RESTARTED IN ASHEVILLE FOLLOWING HALLOWEEN. OFFICERS HAVE STARTED ENFORCING ADA PARKING LOADING ZONE, TIME LIMITS AND ILLEGAL PARKING RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, SUCH AS PARKING IN A CROSSWALK TOO CLOSE TO AN INTERSECTION OR WHERE PARKING IS NOT PERMITTED. WE’RE TOLD THIS IS TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE. CITY PARKING GARAGES AND METER SPOTS REMAIN FREE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS EXTENDING REGISTRATION FOR SNAP BENEFITS, SO SOME PEOPLE IN PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL HAVE ONE EXTRA DAY TO APPLY BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END TODAY. DSNAP HELPS PEOPLE BUY FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES, AND AS OF WEDNESDAY, MORE THAN 105,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO RECEIVE THE DSNAP BENEFITS. CHRISTIAN RADIO HOST ROB DEMPSEY HAS PASSED AWAY. HE WAS THE STATION MANAGER AND THE BELOVED HOST OF ROB AND LIZ IN THE MORNING, WHICH BROADCASTS FROM GREENVILLE. HIS RADIO ANNOUNCED DEMPSEY’S PASSING ON THE AIR THIS MORNING WITH TRIBUTES POURING IN. HE HAD ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK LAST WEEK THAT HE HAD BLADDER CANCER, AND SAID IT LOOKS AGGRESSIVE. YOU MAY RECALL HE HAD A MINOR ROLE IN A MOVIE AND BACK IN 2018, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HE PLAYED THE ROLE OF A RADIO DJ. OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO ROB’S FAMILY AND ALL AT HIS RADIO. THE PICKENS COUNTY CORONER, CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS A ONE YEAR OLD IS DEAD AFTER DROWNING IN A POOL. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED LAST NIGHT TO WEST CHESTER ROAD IN EASLEY, THE CORONER SAYS ONE YEAR OLD MILES DAVIS WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE WORK TO LEARN MORE. WELL, THE CORONER SAYS THAT A HOUSE FIRE IN PIEDMONT KILLED A 91 YEAR OLD MAN. THIS MORNING. THE CORONER SAYS THE VICTIM, BOBBY BRUCE. OR MOST LIKELY DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION EARLIER THIS MORNING, FIRE OFFICIALS GOT A CALL ABOUT A GRASS FIRE. BUT WHEN THEY REPORTED TO THE SCENE, THEY DISCOVERED THIS TWO STORY HOUSE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CORONER SAYS THE HOUSE WAS SO OLD AND THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB PUTTING THE FIRE DOWN AND GETTING SO MANY PERSONNEL ON THE SCENE. SO QUICKLY. IT’S JUST IT WAS TOO LATE FOR MR. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS STILL NOT KNOWN, BUT THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS IT WILL BE HARD TO PINPOINT THE EXACT CAUSE WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THI
Multiple guns stolen from Asheville business after Helene; suspects wanted, police say
Guns stolen from Carolina Guns and Gear- West
Updated: 6:59 PM EDT Oct 24, 2024
Asheville police are looking for the person or persons who stole multiple guns from a local business when power was out across much of the area following Helene. (Video above: WYFF News 4 Evening Headlines)Officer said on Oct. 10 they were called to Carolina Guns and Gear- West at 3106 Sweeten Creek Road to investigate reports of a breaking and entering in progress. “During a time when power was out across much of the area and many roads and buildings were inaccessible, suspect(s) unlawfully entered the business and stole multiple firearms and other devices,” a news release from police said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) have announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for this crime. APD encourages anyone who may have information about this theft to reach out. You can call 828-252-1110, text TIP2APD to 847411, or use the TIP2APD smartphone app to share information anonymously. Your tip could help APD recover stolen firearms and get criminals off our streets.Additionally, if you have any details regarding this theft, you can contact the ATF at 1-888-ATF-TIPS (888-283-8477), submit tips via email at ATFTips@atf.gov, or visit the ATF’s website at www.atf.gov/contact/atf-tips. All tips will remain anonymous.
Asheville police are looking for the person or persons who stole multiple guns from a local business when power was out across much of the area following Helene.
(Video above: WYFF News 4 Evening Headlines)
Officer said on Oct. 10 they were called to Carolina Guns and Gear- West at 3106 Sweeten Creek Road to investigate reports of a breaking and entering in progress.
“During a time when power was out across much of the area and many roads and buildings were inaccessible, suspect(s) unlawfully entered the business and stole multiple firearms and other devices,” a news release from police said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) have announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for this crime.
APD encourages anyone who may have information about this theft to reach out. You can call 828-252-1110, text TIP2APD to 847411, or use the TIP2APD smartphone app to share information anonymously. Your tip could help APD recover stolen firearms and get criminals off our streets.
Additionally, if you have any details regarding this theft, you can contact the ATF at 1-888-ATF-TIPS (888-283-8477), submit tips via email at ATFTips@atf.gov, or visit the ATF’s website at www.atf.gov/contact/atf-tips. All tips will remain anonymous.
