On Sunday July 24th, at approximately 5:11 a.m., the Statesville Police Department received a report of a gunshot victim at Iredell Memorial Hospital. The victim, later identified as William Ryan Beam, 45, of Statesville, was transported to the hospital in a personal vehicle. Beam had sustained a single gunshot to the abdomen and was later transported by Iredell County EMS to a trauma center for care. Beam advised officers that he was shot by an unknown assailant in the parking lot of Lisa’s Restaurant located at 1411 Salisbury Rd. The Statesville Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division responded to the scene and located evidence of a shooting in the parking lot. This investigation is ongoing and no other information is available at this time.
The Statesville Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division is requesting that anyone with information regarding this incident contact the Statesville Police Department at 704-878-3406 or 704-878-3516.
Chief David W. Onley
Statesville Police Department