CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police continued searching Wednesday for the assailant who fatally shot a 19-year-old who was traveling in a car on Interstate 85 in Gaston County on Tuesday.
Uriah Diondreus McCree, who public records show lived in Kings Mountain, was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to a Gaston County Police Department news release.
Police said it’s unclear what led to the shooting at about 5:45 p.m. on southbound I-85 near exit 13, Edgewood Road. That’s about 30 miles west of Charlotte.