WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Update: A video surveillance showed a silver Dodge Charger sedan style to be the car involved in the shooting investigation, according to Winston-Salem police.
Officers found the car on Highway 421 Wednesday night. They stopped the car around 7:48 p.m. and identified the driver as 24-year-old Edwin Noe Palacios.
Officers arrested him on the scene for driving with a revoked/suspended license and transported to the police department for a custodial interview.
Palacios was also charged with:
- Criminal summons served for possession of marijuana
- Injury to real property
- 2 counts of possession of schedule II controlled substance
- Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury
Palacios was taken to the Forsyth County Detention Center and received a $25,000 bond for the charges above.
A teenager was grazed by a bullet during a drive-by in Winston-Salem Wednesday, according to police.
It happened around just before 5 p.m.
The Winston-Salem police received a call about a shooting on the 2000 block of Cole Road.
When they arrived, they found a 16-year-old girl suffering from a gunshot wound to the foot. EMS took her to a hospital to be treated for a minor injury.
Investigators said, someone in a Grey/Silver Dodge Charger was driving down Cole Road before masked passengers in the vehicle opened fire. The teen victim was standing in a carport with other juveniles before she was grazed during the shooting.
The gunfire also hit two unoccupied vehicles parked in the driveway. The suspect left the scene before police arrived. Winston-Salem police found 30 9mm shell casings in the road following the incident.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with any information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Winston-Salem Police Department at 336-773-7700, Crime Stoppers at 336-727-2800, or En Espanol 336-728-3904.
