GASTONIA, N.C. — It's now been more than four years since a Gastonia barber was shot and killed in his home . To this day, nobody has been arrested.

Now, the Gastonia Police Department is hoping to get information that could lead to an arrest by increasing the reward and offering transparency on how the process works.

John Luke Moore was 32 years old when he was killed. His family has been desperately searching for answers since while processing the trauma. The reward had already been raised before , and police shared new surveillance footage that showed three masked suspects breaking into his home on Allison Avenue the night he was killed.

On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, Gastonia Police officially raised the reward to $9,000. The department also shared more about how people who share ti

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