GASTONIA, N.C. — A man and a teenager are fighting for their lives after a shooting Saturday at a Gastonia apartment complex.
A man who lives at Quail Woods Apartments shot three people around 2 p.m. at the complex, officials said.
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A 24-year-old maintenance worker identified as Juan and a 17-year-old were injured and rushed to the hospital. They remain in critical condition. Paramedics treated another 17-year-old at the apartments.
Kayla, a resident at the apartments and friend of Juan, told reporter Elsa Gillis about the traumatic scene she saw in the parking lot. She asked that Channel 9 not use her last name or show her face on camera.
She said she saw Juan lying on the pavement and groaning in pain with his tools scattered around him.
“I just take off running to him and just talk to him and try to keep him calm,” Kayla said.
Police said when the accused shooter, 30-year-old Pontus Adams, fled from the apartments in his car, he eventually crashed into a car on Robinwood Road.
"It could've been way worse than what it was, but I'm glad God blessed me [and] it stopped here rather than it got worse down the street and someone else got killed," Timothy Chapman said.
Chapman and his mother, a passenger, had minor injuries.
Police charged Adams with three counts of attempted murder. The case is still under investigation.