Downtown Asheville Shooting: Police Point to Retaliation, Victims Still Not Identified
By Marge Farrington | Published 2026-07-24T19:35:56.125Z
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Asheville -- July 24, 2026: In the aftermath of a deadly weekend shooting on Biltmore Avenue that left two people dead and seven others wounded, law enforcement officials are framing the incident not as a random act of violence, but as part of an ongoing cycle of targeted conflicts.
Asheville -- July 24, 2026: In the aftermath of a deadly weekend shooting on Biltmore Avenue that left two people dead and seven others wounded, law enforcement officials are framing the incident not as a random act of violence, but as part of an ongoing cycle of targeted conflicts.Yet nearly a week after the early-morning attack outside a downtown business, the Asheville Police Department (APD) continues to hold back a crucial piece of information standard in homicide cases: the names of the v