Overview

• A district court judge granted Killian a $200,000 bond despite prosecutors’ request for no bail, prompting Sheriff Don Brown to condemn the decision as “infuriating.”
• Authorities executed search warrants on June 3 and announced they are pursuing three additional suspects—one facing attempted murder charges and two accused of furnishing alcohol to minors.
• At least 80 shots were fired around midnight on Walnut Acres Drive in southwest Catawba County, creating a two-acre crime scene that left a 58-year-old man dead and 11 others injured.
• Investigators believe the gunfire originated from an elevated area in a neighboring yard and note the party had been promoted on social media with a focus on the backyard pool.
• The FBI and North Carolina SBI have joined the probe, and the FBI is offering up to $15,000 for information leading to further arrests and successful prosecution.