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Kendal Marcus Gardin, 30, was fatally shot on July 19, 2019, while walking home on Terra Drive in Gastonia, North Carolina. He had been sleeping at his grandmother’s house on Saluda Drive earlier that night. Emergency personnel found him lying in a front yard and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Authorities arrested 28-year-old Tobika Nachel Osborne of Saluda Drive on August 30, 2019. Osborne was charged with first-degree murder and has been held without bond. She told investigators she was the victim of a home invasion, that Gardin attempted to assault her and take her money, and that she shot him once; Gardin then ran out of her home and was found dead nearby. During her initial court appearance she faced the possibility of the death penalty. Gardin is survived by an 8-year-old son; his mother has said others who were at the house that night should be charged.

Are there witnesses or additional details from that night that could help clarify what happened?