Man killed in apartment shooting in Winston-Salem
Police said they found a second victim who ran away after being shot. He s in serious condition. Author: Megan Allman (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 5:57 AM EST January 19, 2021 Updated: 5:57 AM EST January 19, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Winston-Salem police are investigating the city s first homicide of the year.
Police said they were called to a shooting at an apartment on S. Stratford Road around 9:30 p.m. Monday. When they got there, they found Michael Brian Westerberg, 40, inside the apartment, unconscious and shot. Westerberg died at the scene.
Officers also found Johnny Charleston Shipp, 40, nearby after he ran away from his car. Shipp and his car were shot multiple times, police said. Ship was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and is in serious condition.
Edge Flats apartments sell for $37 5 million journalnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from journalnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the midst of tragedy are stories of people who defied the odds surviving lengthy hospital stays and fighting the virus despite age or other medical conditions.
There were 97 deaths reported statewide Sunday, raising the overall total to 8,083.
DHHS lists COVID-19 cases and deaths on the day they are confirmed by medical providers and public health officials, so individuals may have been infected or died days before their cases are counted.
DHHS will not issue a COVID-19 report Monday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. state holiday.
It took just 13 days for the statewide death toll to go from 7,000 to 8,000.
The most deaths statewide per month during the pandemic were 1,542 during December. As of 11 a.m. Sunday, there have been 1,280 deaths during January.
Nationally, N.C. ranks 16th in overall deaths, and fourth in the Southeast behind Florida (23,799 as of Friday), Georgia (12,138) and Tennessee (8,311).