NC shooting near 1-85 sends three gunshot victims, including child, to ER in bullet-riddled vehicle

February 9, 2022:

Two adults and one child arrived at an emergency room in North Carolina early Wednesday with gunshot wounds and in a vehicle riddled with bullet holes and a smoking engine, authorities said.

The shooting happened on a road that runs parallel to the major interstate highway I-85, Alicia Stemper, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, told Fox News Digital by email.

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Authorities said the shooting was likely not a road rage incident and was not random. The sheriff’s office said there is no perceived threat to the community, though fell short of saying if any arrests were made.

“Preliminary indications are that the shooting was not a road rage incident and investigators do not believe it was random; therefore, they believe there is no ongoing risk to the community at large,” the sheriff’s office said in an update provided to media around noon Wednesday.

Deputies responded to the UNC Hillsborough Emergency Department shortly before 8 a.m. ET after the three victims presented themselves there with gunshot wounds, the sheriff’s office said in their initial press release. Authorities did not disclose how the two adults and the child knew each other.

The vehicle they arrived in – described as a four-door sedan – “had multiple bullet holes and a smoking engine,” according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. Two of the victims were transported to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A third victim remained at the Hillsborough facility for treatment.

None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Investigators had the vehicle towed away from the hospital, and it is being processed for evidence, the sheriff’s office said. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Preliminary investigation suggests the shooting occurred on Industrial Drive, a road that runs parallel to the Interstate 40/85. Investigators are checking surveillance systems at multiple businesses in the area, according to the sheriff’s office. The shooting did not occur on the interstate, Stemper said.

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