Thursday, January 14, 2010

Gastonia, NC: Police: Husband shoots, kills wife’s boyfriend

by NewsChannel 36 Staff
Posted on January 14, 2010 at 6:29 AM
Updated today at 7:56 AM
******
Gallery
SEE ALL 2 PHOTOS »
GASTONIA, N.C.— Gastonia police say a man who shot and killed his wife’s lover at a major intersection Thursday morning is in custody.

Officers tell NewsChannel 36 that around 1:30 a.m. the woman and her boyfriend were in a car at the intersection of West Franklin Boulevard and Bessemer City Road when her husband pulled up in front of them in a pickup truck. Mikel Arms and his wife’s boyfriend then starting fighting in the roadway, police said.

At some point during the scuffle, Arms pulled out a gun and opened fire, killing the man, officers say.

No comments: