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Deadly Shooting Rocks Asheville: Police Tie Incident to Gang Activity Amid Retaliation Allegations

Police in Asheville, North Carolina say a downtown shooting that killed two people and wounded seven was a direct retaliatory act, though they have declined to call the violence gang-related.

A downtown shooting in Asheville, North Carolina, has claimed two lives and injured seven others, with police attributing the attack as a direct retaliatory act. The authorities have avoided labeling the violence gang-related, despite the involvement of multiple suspects. Officials say they are treating it as a separate incident rather than connecting it to any organized group.

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