On the evening of March 2, 2024, at about 7:35 p.m., officers with the Gaston County Police Department responded to a reported cardiac arrest at a residence on Lane Road in Mount Holly, North Carolina. They found 38-year-old Juan Luis Correa of Mint Hill lying in the yard with a gunshot wound; despite life-saving efforts he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say Correa had been involved in a physical altercation before the shooting.

The Gaston County Police Department is working with the Gaston County District Attorney’s Office to determine next steps, and officials say it remains unclear whether the shooting was self-defense or involved other circumstances. Authorities have not provided additional details about the events leading up to the altercation or the relationship between Correa and the other person.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective C. Cogdill at 704-866-3320 or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers of Gaston County at 704-861-8000. Did anyone in the Mount Holly or Mint Hill area see or hear anything that evening?