Hickory Police have arrested and charged two subjects in connection with the homicide that occurred last Thursday evening. At around 10:00pm on the 20th Hickory Police responded to reports of an unresponsive male inside of a vehicle in the parking lot of 1405 29th Ave Drive NE. The victim, Mason Cole Pridemore, 22, of Hickory, was found dead inside the vehicle from an apparent gunshot wound.
On Saturday (02/22), two seventeen (17) year old juveniles have been arrested and charged with First Degree Murder in this case. Both subjects are being held in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice with no bond.
This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information related to this case please contact Investigator Peacock at 828-261-2620 with the Hickory Police Department, or email him at dpeacock@hickorync.gov