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Girlfriend of man killed in Catawba Co. says he was 'shot several times in head'

CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — The girlfriend of a man killed in Catawba County Friday morning said he was shot several times in the head.

The Catawba County Sheriff's Office is investigating his death as a homicide.

Officials said the shooting happened at 2 a.m. Friday in the 1900 block of Snow Creek Road northeast of Hickory.

The girlfriend told Channel 9 she was sleeping in bed with her boyfriend, Adrian Ramirez, when about 100 shots were fired into the home, and that her boyfriend was shot several times in the head.

(Adrian Ramirez)

A neighbor said he heard at least 25 shots.

No one is in custody.

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