A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left two neighbors dead and a third person injured on his Winston-Salem porch early Friday morning.Zachary Hobbs, 32, was charged with one count of murder following an incident just after midnight at his home at 2427 Stockton St. off Devonshire Street and South Main Street.Steven Salsman, 37, and Meghann Stubbs, 33, were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds, Winston-Salem police said. Salsman and Stubbs lived together at 2431 Stockton St. and had one child together, police said. Tracy Paterson, 46, suffered a single gunshot wound and is in stable condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.Hobbs' murder charge is for Stubbs' death, and investigators are trying to determine if Hobbs shot Salsman in self-defense, police said. Paterson was inadvertently wounded in the incident, which involved about a dozen shots, police said.Police allege Hobbs shot Salsman with a semiautomatic handgun following a verbal altercation that escalated and ultimately led Salsman to enter Hobbs' porch. Stubbs got to the porch's front steps before Hobbs shot her, police said.Salsman and Stubbs had been involved in an ongoing dispute with Hobbs ever since Hobbs moved to the neighborhood about a month ago, police said. Paterson and another woman also were on Hobbs' porch at the time of the shooting, police said.Police said they don't believe this incident is related to any other previous shooting in the city. There have now been 14 homicides in Winston-Salem this year, significantly more than just the five homicides in the city by this time last year.Samina Engel is following the story from the scene. Keep checking WXII 12 News, WXII12.com and the WXII mobile app for updates.40102022

A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left two neighbors dead and a third person injured on his Winston-Salem porch early Friday morning.

Zachary Hobbs, 32, was charged with one count of murder following an incident just after midnight at his home at 2427 Stockton St. off Devonshire Street and South Main Street.


Steven Salsman, 37, and Meghann Stubbs, 33, were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds, Winston-Salem police said. Salsman and Stubbs lived together at 2431 Stockton St. and had one child together, police said.



Tracy Paterson, 46, suffered a single gunshot wound and is in stable condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Hobbs' murder charge is for Stubbs' death, and investigators are trying to determine if Hobbs shot Salsman in self-defense, police said. Paterson was inadvertently wounded in the incident, which involved about a dozen shots, police said.

Police allege Hobbs shot Salsman with a semiautomatic handgun following a verbal altercation that escalated and ultimately led Salsman to enter Hobbs' porch. Stubbs got to the porch's front steps before Hobbs shot her, police said.

Salsman and Stubbs had been involved in an ongoing dispute with Hobbs ever since Hobbs moved to the neighborhood about a month ago, police said. Paterson and another woman also were on Hobbs' porch at the time of the shooting, police said.

Police said they don't believe this incident is related to any other previous shooting in the city. There have now been 14 homicides in Winston-Salem this year, significantly more than just the five homicides in the city by this time last year.

Samina Engel is following the story from the scene. Keep checking WXII 12 News, WXII12.com and the WXII mobile app for updates.