MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. -- Mount Holly police are asking for the public's help after a man was shot to death Sunday morning.

  • A man was shot and killed in Mount Holly. 
  • Police initially responded to the scene in reference to a man with a stab wound.
  • It is Mount Holly's first homicide since April 2017. 

It happened on Louise Avenue. It is the first homicide in Mount Holly since April 2017.

Police say the victim is 30-year-old Isaac Geovanni Arawo Lorenzo.

They originally responded to the scene in reference to a man with a stab wound to the chest.

Upon further examination, the medical examiner’s office determined the victim had been shot once in the chest with a firearm.

No arrests have been made at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers of Gaston County at 704-861-8000.