UNCA student in critical condition after being shot

A shooting just off-campus put the University of North Carolina-Asheville on alert early Friday morning.The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Thursday, according to dispatchers. The school issued a "shelter in place" warning just after midnight, the UNCA website showed.Asheville police told WYFF News 4 a student was shot in the incident. He has been identified as 23-year-old Norman Dean Wolfe. He was taken Mission Hospital in critical but stable condition with a gunshot wound to his upper body.The shooting happened at the Grove Apartments, located at 100 Bulldog Drive, in Building 100, the note on the school website said.Police are looking for two men, who they say may be Hispanic. One man was wearing a white hoodie with a pattern, and the other one wearing an orange hoodie, witnesses told police.Both are armed with semi-automatic handguns, according to police.The men were last seen on foot on Bulldog Drive heading toward Montford Avenue, police said.All classes and activities will be held as scheduled on Friday, the website said.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Asheville Police Department at 828-252-1110 or Buncombe County Crime Stoppers at 828-255-5050. Refresh this page often for updates to this developing story.

A shooting just off-campus put the University of North Carolina-Asheville on alert early Friday morning.

The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Thursday, according to dispatchers. The school issued a "shelter in place" warning just after midnight, the UNCA website showed.


Asheville police told WYFF News 4 a student was shot in the incident. He has been identified as 23-year-old Norman Dean Wolfe. He was taken Mission Hospital in critical but stable condition with a gunshot wound to his upper body.

The shooting happened at the Grove Apartments, located at 100 Bulldog Drive, in Building 100, the note on the school website said.

Police are looking for two men, who they say may be Hispanic. One man was wearing a white hoodie with a pattern, and the other one wearing an orange hoodie, witnesses told police.

Both are armed with semi-automatic handguns, according to police.

The men were last seen on foot on Bulldog Drive heading toward Montford Avenue, police said.

All classes and activities will be held as scheduled on Friday, the website said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Asheville Police Department at 828-252-1110 or Buncombe County Crime Stoppers at 828-255-5050.

Refresh this page often for updates to this developing story.