Thursday, October 15, 2026

Update: Name is released of the 22-year-old shot on Mears St.

WILMINGTON—On Nov. 27 at 3:15 p.m., ShotSpotter, a gunfire detector system, alerted police of multiple rounds in the 1000 block of Mears St.

When Wilmington police officers arrived, they found 22-year-old Quashon Demond Hardy deceased in a vehicle. The victim was found in the passenger’s side; police are investigating the shooting. 

Anyone with information should call the Wilmington Police Department at (910)-343-3609, report it anonymously via the WPD app, or text 847411 (tip411) by including the keyword “WPDNC.” 


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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