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GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Two High Point men have been charged in connection with a shooting in Greensboro on Sunday that injured multiple people, according to a Greensboro Police Department news release.
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The shooting happened inside the Royal Banquet Hall at 1:50 a.m. on West Gate City Boulevard.
Responding officers took two men into custody who were in the area of the shooting.
Carlos Withers, 21, of High Point, was charged with:
- going armed to the terror of the people
- discharge of a firearm in the city limits
- injury to personal property
Edward Trey Lindsay III, 24, of High Point, was charged with going armed to the terror of the people.
The GPD held a press conference on Sunday at 4 p.m. about the shooting. Police confirmed nine victims, including four juveniles, were hit by gunfire.
“The best that we can know, and this is very early on, it was a targeted event by an individual against other individuals,” Greensboro Police Chief Kamran Afzal said.
Afzal said that conclusion was based on the physical evidence, which he couldn’t confirm because detectives were still on the scene throughout the afternoon Sunday investigating.
The names of the victims have not been released, but police confirmed one of the victims was 15 years old in addition to three 17-year-olds.
Before the shooting, Greensboro Assistant Chief with the Investigative Bureau Ric Alston said the department received calls reporting underage drinking and people with weapons at the Royal Banquet Hall at 11:15 p.m.
When police arrived, no underage people were drinking, and no weapons were found.
Hours later, the GPD responded to reports of a mass shooting at the same location.
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By the time police arrived on the scene, all but one victim had already left the event and checked themselves into local hospitals.
EMS treated one person for a grazing injury.
Police said none of the injuries are life-threatening.
Royal Banquet Hall Closed
The Royal Banquet Hall was closed on Monday after a safety review requested by the GPD.
Code violations were identified at the Royal Banquet Hall, which is not allowed to open after a joint safety review by police, North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agents, a building inspector, an electrical inspector and fire inspectors.
The business owner, Van Thanh Ly, surrendered his ABC license while on site on Monday afternoon.
“We needed to address this situation immediately, and we appreciate our public safety partners’ participation in today’s on-site review,” Alston said.
Teen at Party Speaks
Zayliyn Hampton, 17, said he drove from Reidsville to Greensboro for the party at the Royal Banquet Hall after learning about it on Instagram.
He says the night started like any other party before shots were fired.
“It was just a regular old party. Wasn’t nothing going on. … We was having a great time. Just a great Saturday night, and I guess things went left,” Hampton said.
Hampton says he paid $10 to get into the party.
He said he remembers seeing one person working security at the party outside the venue and two more working inside before the shooting.
“It was like a wave of people flying backwards, … trying to get to exits. … And everybody was trying … to avoid bullets. … Then the bullets stopped, got quiet. Everybody ran out the door with blood on the floor,” Hampton said.
Outside the venue, bullet holes remain in several nearby businesses.
“I helped like five people … get outside, down the steps … to get to the car so we could leave, but when I got outside, I never heard any shots. I just got down and stepped and got gone,” Hampton said.
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