CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A Lenoir man has been sentenced for attempted murder after firing shots into a moving vehicle, according to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office.

Officials say on February 3, Marquel James Jackson attempted to sell a woman drugs in the parking lot of a hotel in Hickory. When she refused, Jackson attempted to rob her. When the victim tried to leave, he fired two rounds from a firearm into the passenger side.

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The victim was not injured. Jackson fled the scene before being arrested by Caldwell County deputies on February 10.

Jackson entered a guilty plea to attempted first-degree murder, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, and discharging a weapon into an o

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