KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A family in Kings Mountain says they were attacked inside their home by a masked man with a shotgun.
Kings Mountain Police say they are still searching for the suspect.
Channel 9’s Dave Faherty is the only reporter to talk to the family.
No one was hurt, but the woman’s adult son tells us he was forced to the floor, where his hands were duct-taped behind his back.
The mother says her face was inches from the barrel of a shotgun.
Diane Davis is thankful she and her son are alive after a man wearing a ski mask kicked in their front door early Saturday morning and demanded money.
“He walked over to me, stood over me, and showed it at me,” Diane said. “And I kept asking, ‘What do you want? What do you want? Who do you want?’”
She showed us where he put the shotgun to her face and duct-taped her son Chris Davis before taking their cell phones and less than $100 in cash and ran off.
“It’s pretty bad. He comes in and does it with my mom. If you’ve got issues with me, take it up with me. Don’t take it out on my mom,” Chris said.
Police have identified the suspect as Michael Wilson, saying he “repeatedly threatened and terrorized” the family.
A large multi‑agency search was launched shortly after, involving Kings Mountain Police, Gaston County Police, and the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office.
Officers later recovered a sawed‑off shotgun, gloves, and a face mask believed to be connected to the break‑in. He had been considered armed and dangerous during the search.
Tuesday night, police announced Wilson was taken into custody by the Bessemer City Police Department after a multi-day search.
He is now being held in the Gaston County jail on no bond.
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