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Pamela Shanks, 68, fatally shot at Gastonia home; no arrest reported
Pamela Shanks was killed Monday at her home on Hillgate Avenue in Gastonia. Relatives said she was sitting on her back porch when she was shot; police had not announced an arrest or confirmed a possible gang connection.
Pamela Shanks, 68, was killed in a shooting at her Gastonia home on Monday, Oct. 19, police said.
Shanks was at a home on Hillgate Avenue, off Robinwood Road and near the Dwell Townhomes. Relatives said she was sitting on her back porch at about 4:30 p.m. when she was shot. The porch is beside Laurel Lane, across from the townhome complex.
Family members described the shooting as potentially gang-related, but police had not confirmed that account. Gastonia police also said they could not release information about any relationship or connection Shanks may have had to the shooting.
No one had been taken into custody in connection with the case at the time of the police update. Authorities had not publicly said what led to the shooting.