Asheville police investigate three weekend gun discharges, no injuries reported

Three separate gun discharges across Asheville over the weekend damaged property, rattled neighborhoods and left investigators with an active search for at least one suspect, but police said no injuries were reported at any of the scenes. The Asheville Police Department said the cases do not appear to be connected, even as the incidents stretched from Montford to south of downtown and then to the Flint Street area.

The first call came around 1:35 p.m. Friday on Klondyke Avenue in the Montford neighborhood. Police have not said anyone was injured there, and the department placed that shooting in a broader cluster of incidents it reviewed from Friday, June 5, through Saturday, June 6.

A second discharge took investigators near the intersection of Congress Street and Choctaw Street, south of downtown Asheville. At that scene, investigators and forensic technicians recovered four shell casings and found damage at one nearby residence, adding another residential property to a weekend tally that had already raised concern without producing any reported injuries.

The third and most heavily documented incident involved multiple gunfire reports around 2:02 a.m. Saturday in the Flint Street area. Officers found 17 shell casings and two vehicles damaged by gunfire. Police then located a vehicle on Riverside Drive that matched witness descriptions, but the driver ran on foot and was not located. Two firearms were recovered in connection with that incident, including one that had been reported stolen earlier in the day.

Police said they do not believe the three cases are related, but the details show how quickly gunfire can ripple across different parts of the city even when no one is struck. A weekend with three separate discharges means investigators are now sorting through shell casings, witness accounts and possible surveillance footage while residents are left with damaged property and unanswered questions.

Asheville police are asking anyone with information to call (828) 252-1110. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the TIP2APD app or by texting 847411. The department’s public records portal says most incident and crash reports from after Jan. 1, 2003, are available for public search and download.