Tilise Dawkins says she will never forget the last words she spoke to her son, 16-year-old Zaquavious Dawkins. “He gave me a kiss. He said, ‘I’ll be back.’ I said, ‘I love you too,” said Dawkins.

A shooting that killed a Gastonia teenager may have stemmed from a schoolyard fight that the teen's friend was involved in, ...

GASTONIA, N.C. — The grandmother of a 16-year-old charged with murder is sending condolences to the victim’s family and ...

Sean James Curtis Simpson of Gastonia was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the killing of 16-year-old Zaquavious "Tank" Dawkins. Police did not release information ...

Zaquavious Dawkins, 16, was fatally shot near the Ganesha Food Mart on North Chester Street in Gastonia on Sunday night, officials said. 3 years after Gastonia barber killed, family hopes ...

On Monday evening, a group from New Canaan Baptist Church gathered at the Erwin Park Community Center in Gastonia and prayed.