Tyler Messer News Today

The Marion man who allegedly threatened the lives of two men Saturday night at their home has now been charged with attempted murder.

The McDowell County Sheriff's Office spoke with News 13 on Monday for the first time since a man was seen on camera aiming and misfiring a gun toward a home.

The Marion man who allegedly threatened the lives of two men Saturday night at their home has now been charged with attempted murder.

On Thursday, the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Messer with two counts of felonious attempted first-degree murder and felonious attempting to discharge a weapon into an occupied dwelling.

Charges have been upgraded against a man caught on camera pointing a gun into a McDowell County home over the weekend.After being arrested Sunday, March 23, Tyl

Messer is charged with first-degree trespassing, assault by pointing a gun and two counts of misdemeanor stalking.

A camouflaged man seemingly fired an unloaded gun at a North Carolina couple while intruding on their back porch, surveillance video showed. A McDowell County couple shared surveillance footage with local news outlets and authorities after a man identified as Tyler Messer stood on their back porch wielding a rifle.

Initially, they thought it was police at the wrong house or a teenager with an airsoft gun.

Notes from the Magistrate Bail Explanation Form say Tyler Messer "is (delusional)/believes that victims kidnapped his father and are involved in sex trafficking

Preston McHone and Billy Brooks were shocked Saturday night when a man armed with a gun was at their back door.