Shooting Connection Leads to Arrest

The Hickory Daily Record reports a Hickory man is in custody after an investigation into a shooting in Hickory last week.  Adrian Jamar Wells, 30, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He is being held in the Catawba County Jail under a $100,000 bond. On Sept. 27, the Hickory Police Department responded to Eighth Avenue Drive SE to find Donnie Arnell Morgan, 28, with a gunshot wound to the back, according to a press release. Morgan was initially taken to Frye Regional Medical and later to Baptist Hospital for additional treatment.