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A pre-dawn shooting near Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina killed two people and wounded seven on July 19, with officers arriving at approximately 2:20 a.m. to find multiple victims near Short Coxe Avenue.
Seven survivors were transported to Mission Hospital.
Interim Police Chief Jackie Stepp confirmed days later that the attack was a direct retaliatory act tied to a July 5 shooting at an apartment complex, calling it the "latest chapter" in a continuing pattern of violence across the city.
What the investigation has established Detectives found numerous shell casings across what Stepp described as a large crime scene. The July 5 incident left one person wounded and produced one arrest.
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