Orange County authorities are investigating a shooting that took place in a convenience store parking lot over the weekend.
Officials say deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of gunshots being fired into an occupied vehicle at the D-N-G Mart on Highway 86 just north of Highway 70.
A release says two deputies arrived on the scene at 1:44 Saturday afternoon, three minutes after the call was dispatched, but no subjects remained on the scene.
Witnesses described a situation where an altercation took place after two vehicles pulled into the parking lot, according to law enforcement. Reports say the subjects then returned to their respective vehicles. But witnesses say a passenger exited one vehicle just after it had started to pull away and fired into the other vehicle with a handgun.
A deputy found the vehicle that had been shot at in the area of Sherwood Lane in Hillsborough, where the deputy learned an occupant had been transported to the UNC Hospital Hillsborough campus, according to a release.
Officials say that individual was then transported to the Chapel Hill campus for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
No further information is available at this time as the investigation is ongoing.
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