AVERY COUNTY â One man died and two individuals were injured following an altercation involving multiple residents in the Maple Street area of Crossnore on Friday evening, March 5, while in an unrelated incident on Monday afternoon, March 8, a man died as a result of gunshot wounds on his Pritchard Road property near the Pineola community. According to Avery County Sheriff Kevin Frye, the March 5 incident originated following an attack by a son of his mother. âOne person is deceased. That person had attacked a female, and from all indications we believe that he attacked his mom,â Frye said. âShe was stabbed, and his mom got away from him to a neighborâs house.â