More than two dozen Gastonia police officers swooped in on Jefferson Avenue after one of the neighbors, Joseph Zinna, came out of his house and began shooting at his wife, Candy, as she tried to flee in her Honda CRV, neighbors said.
The Observer talked on Saturday with two neighbors and one former neighbor, all requesting anonymity because they knew the parties involved. The current neighbors said Joseph Zinna and Sheridan had feuded for years ever since Zinna set off fireworks that landed on Sheridans house.
The neighbors say Zinna was on disability and had not worked in years. They say Candy Zinna supported the family and described Joseph Zinna as reclusive. You hardly knew he was there unless he was yelling at his wife, one of the current neighbors said.
