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Man charged with killing 4 in Mayberry model town
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – Police arrested a man early Monday in the parking
lot slayings of four men shot in the North Carolina small town that
was the inspiration for Mayberry in television's "The Andy Griffith
Show."
Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was charged with four counts of murder in the
shooting late Sunday outside a TV store in Mount Airy, about 100 miles
north of Charlotte, Mount Airy police said.
Police said Gonzalez was arrested without incident at a motel in Henry
County, Va., about 50 miles northeast of the town.
Mount Airy, with a population of approximately 8,700, is the hometown
of Andy Griffith and has built a tourist trade on nostalgia for the
1960s show that continues to thrive in syndication.
Authorities received information about his whereabouts around 2:30
a.m., according to a statement. Details haven't been released.
Gonzalez, 29, was being held in the Henry County jail, though it
wasn't clear whether he had an attorney, jail workers said. |
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