Robbery Gone Wrong Leaves Teenager Dead, Family Forces Standoff at Scene of Crime

By John Falkenberg

CATAWBA COUNTY, NC — In early February, a trio of thugs including one 17-year-old tried to rob another teenager at a residence in Catawba County, North Carolina.

The teenager, also 17, armed himself and fired back, hitting the teen four times and killing him.

Now, the teen assailant’s family doesn’t care that Shane Cauthen threatened another human being’s life — not only did they return to the scene of the shootout, they reportedly caused some of the victim’s family to fear for their lives.

As the Lincoln Herald reports:

The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release late Friday saying that after interviewing witnesses and examining evidence, investigators had determined that three young men had attempted to rob a person at the residence on Fairview Drive and in the exchange of gunfire that occurred, one of them was mortally wounded.

The deceased youth was identified as Shane Cauthen. His accomplices were identified as Dylan Lee Gates and Cory Aaron Ingram. Gates and Ingram are 22, Cauthen was 17-years-old. All three had Lincolnton addresses.

Captain Brian Kelly with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division said with the assistance of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Lincolnton Police Department, Gates and …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation