A Gaston County grand jury returned first-degree murder indictments this week against three people, including a 16-year-old girl, in a double homicide case that left men from Bessemer City and Kings Mountain dead.
The grand jury also returned two true bills of indictment for first-degree murder against a 16-year-old girl, also from Taylorsville, in this case.
Prosecutors have yet to move to ask a judge to allow them to charge the girl as an adult, a decision which could come in the next two weeks, according to court officials.
While she remains a juvenile under North Carolina law, police and court officials cannot identify her.
The Gaston Gazette
Gaston County Police have named a suspect in a double homicide that took place Monday night in the Crowders Mountain area.
Police say they charged Jordan Cameron Moses, 29, of 1411 Gaston Way, Dallas, with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon on Thursday. Moses is considered armed and dangerous. The public is cautioned not to interact with Moses. Instead they are encouraged to contact 911, Gaston County Police stated in a press release.
Gaston County Police were called to 2410 Woodleaf Drive west of Gastonia around 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22.
Gaston County Police have now charged two more people with murder in a shooting last week that left two men dead and a third injured.
Police charged Kaleb Isiah Carver, 21, of Taylorsville, with two counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 18 shooting deaths of Robert Lucas Luke Gibby, 22, of Bessemer City, and Adam Kale Wood, 19, of Kings Mountain.
Police filed juvenile petitions against a third person on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
Carver was booked into Gaston County Jail without bond at 6:19 p.m. Monday.
Earlier Monday, police arrested Michael Shane Barnes, a 19-year-old suspect from Taylorsville, on identical charges.
Second Suspect Arrested In Double Murder Case
Kaleb Isiah Carver
February 23, 2021
A second Alexander County resident has now been charged in connection to a double-homicide in Gaston County. 21-year old Kaleb Isiah Carver of Taylorsville was taken into custody on Monday afternoon (February 22) by Alexander County Sheriff’s Deputies and Gaston County Police. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
As WHKY previously reported, 19-year-old Michael Shane Barnes of Taylorsville was arrested early Monday morning on the same charges. They’re charged in connection to the fatal shootings of 22-year-old Robert Lucas Gibby and 19-year-old Adam Kale Wood. They were found last Thursday (February 18) when officers responded to a location in Gaston County. One other person sustained non life-threatening injuries in the incident.