![The parking lot of Mid Town Dixie where police say an Asheboro Man shot at a car striking the building across the street before being arrested on Saturday Aug 7th 2021.](https://rnnow.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RNN-MidTownDixie-080921-1024x633.jpg)
ASHEBORO NC – A man is in jail today after police say he shot at a car on w Salisbury St in Asheboro over the weekend.
![Photo of a bullet hole visible in the side of a shed across the street.](https://rnnow.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RNN-21AS15492-BulletHole-080921.jpg)
On August 7th, just after 3:45 PM, police received a call about an individual discharging a firearm in the parking lot of Mid Town Dixie located at the corner of Salisbury and Park St in Asheboro. When they arrived, witnesses told the officers a black male had just fired two shots at a black Acura. Police reviewed surveillance video from the business and confirmed the male had fired a weapon in the parking lot. Police say they later located bullet holes in a storage building across the street that formerly housed Hunt Electric Supply.
The suspect was located and arrested walking a short distance from the scene at the intersection of Hoover and Park St. Twenty-year-old Shamon Alan Thomas of Asheboro, was charged with discharging a firearm in city limits, damage to property, simple possession, possession of marijuana paraphilia, possession of drug paraphilia, and felony possession of a Schedule I substance. He is currently being held at the Randolph County Jail under a $15,000 secured bond. Police did not release a motive for the shooting and were not able to locate the Acura that was being shot at.
![Shamon Alan Thomas](https://rnnow.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RCSO-Shamon-A-Thomas-1.jpg)
Shamon Alan Thomas
- Discharging a firearm in city limits
- Damage to property
- Simple possession
- Possession of marijuana paraphilia
- Possession of drug paraphilia
- Felony possession of a Schedule I substance
$15,000 Secured Bond