BARNARDSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Buncombe County sheriff’s detectives now say that a suspicious death in Barnardsville was a homicide.
Sheriff’s spokeswoman Natalie Bailey said in a news release that deputies were called to a home around 2 p.m. Thursday.
Bailey said in a statement Friday that the victim was 45-year-old Bobby Ray Pegg II. Bailey said he died from a gunshot wound.
No arrests have been reported and no other details were available.
Barnardsville is about 15 miles north of Asheville.
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