Asheboro shooting leads to charges, suspect jailed

ASHEBORO – Charges have been filed after a shooting last week on North Fayetteville Street.

Alexander Pulido, 21, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, shooting into an occupied vehicle, going armed to the terror of the public, injury to personal property and discharge of a firearm in city limits, according to information from the Asheboro Police Department.

The alleged incident occurred around 3 p.m. Aug. 15 in the street’s 1400 block. Pulido was jailed under no bond. 

The victim was Cedric Lee Jr., who was transported to a hospital in Guilford County.