Carrboro police seek shooter after drive-by at downtown Wendy’s. 2 taken to hospital.
Police are investigating a drive-by shooting Monday night in downtown Carrboro that sent two people to the hospital.
The shooting happened outside the Wendy’s at West Main and South Greensboro streets around 9:45 p.m., Police Chief Chris Atack said in a phone interview Tuesday morning.
Someone in a car heading west on West Main Street pulled up to the restaurant’s rear entrance and fired about two dozen shots at a car that was attempting to leave the parking lot, police reported in a news release later Tuesday.
A vehicle in the drive-thru lane was hit with multiple bullets, but no one inside was injured, police said. Another car in the drive-thru lane “tried to get out of there at some high speed and struck a light pole and flipped over” at the exit onto South Greensboro Street, Atack said. The car knocked the pole to the ground, he said.
A passenger in the car that flipped was taken to UNC Hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and released after treatment, the news release stated. The driver and a young passenger were treated for minor injuries at the scene.
The person who was shot fled down South Greensboro Street toward N.C. 54 and was found a short time later. He also was taken to UNC Hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Atack said.
Bullet holes in restaurants and cars
The identity of the gunman, who fled west onto Jones Ferry Road, and a description of the car are unknown at this time, he said.
The shooting appeared to be an isolated incident, the news release stated, and police do not think there is an ongoing public threat. It’s not clear if the person who was shot knew the shooter or what led to the shooting, Atack said.
Between 20 and 25 shell casings were recovered from West Main Street in front of the restaurant, according to department spokesman Lt. Tony Westbrook.
“The restaurant was open, and I don’t know exactly how many people were there, but from what the officers said last night there were multiple vehicles struck,” Atack said. “We have bullet holes in the Wendy’s. In (Glasshalfull). We have bullet holes in the dumpster at the back of Wendy’s.”
Anyone with information about the shooting can call Carrboro Police Investigator Trey Kennedy at 919-918-7412 or Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515.
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