Victim identified in deadly Ogden shooting

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Deputies are on the scene of a shooting in the Ogden area after a spokesman says one man is dead and another was shot.

New Hanover County dispatchers say the call came in at 2:55 a.m. Lt. Jerry Brewer with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office says Yancey Edwards, 32, was killed at a home in 400 block of Point View Court. Brewer says Joshua Roydes was shot in the arm during the scuffle, while a woman, Hannah Gastwirth, was not harmed. He says the suspects came into the home and demanded money and drugs, according to the victims.

Two dogs were also shot and killed in the incident.

Brewer says this was not a random act of violence, but a targeted burglary.