Police investigate hotel shooting
By John Joyce
Published in News on January 16, 2015 1:46 PM
The Goldsboro Police Department is investigating the shooting of a man inside a room at the Economy Inn early this morning.
Victor Devon Braswell, age and address unknown, was wounded when a single shot was fired during an altercation at the Economy Inn at 802 W. Grantham St. at 3:55 a.m. today.
According to a Goldsboro police report, John Austin Crowley, 22, of Goldsboro, was also in the room when someone tried to break in.
A black male acquaintance attempted to force his way into the room, the report said. Crowley fired a single shot, striking Braswell.
Braswell was taken by private vehicle to Wayne Memorial Hospital for treatment. GPD investigators were sent there to interview him.
Phone calls to the Goldsboro Police Department were not returned by press time, and Wayne Memorial Hospital staff said no record existed of Braswell being treated there.