On January 21, 2024, at about 12:17 a.m., officers from the Hickory Police Department responded to a reported shooting at the Barklay Falls Apartments on 4th Avenue SE in Hickory, North Carolina. They found 49-year-old Howard Lesley Redmon of Granite Falls suffering from a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation was ongoing the next day and by February 26, 2024 the department had released no additional information and had not identified any suspects.

An obituary notes Redmon was born September 8, 1974, in Alexander County Hospital, was a member of Corinth Reformed Church in Hickory, and is survived by his parents, grandmother, children, siblings and other relatives. A funeral service was scheduled for January 31, 2024, at Adams Funeral Home Chapel. The Hickory Police Department has asked anyone with information to contact Investigator Tammie Johnson at 828-261-2619 or [email protected].

Does anyone who lived near Barklay Falls Apartments that night or has information about Mr. Redmon’s movements that evening contact Investigator Johnson with what they know?