NORTH CAROLINA POLICE HOLD SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER COURTHOUSE SHOOTING (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 19:10

County sheriff says two people are injured outside Nashville courthouse as troopers begin searching for two suspects

The North Carolina state highway patrol at the scene of a shooting at the Nashville courthouse. Photograph: Adam Jennings/AP

A suspected gunman was in custody and a second man was still being sought Tuesday after two people were shot outside a North Carolina courthouse, authorities said.

Nash County Sheriff Dick Jenkins said the men had non-life-threatening wounds in the shooting that happened about 11.15am. He says one man ran inside the Nash County courthouse and collapsed after being hit in the hand and leg. The other victim ran down the street and was found in a lot with a back wound.

Both men were taken to hospitals, Jenkins said. He didn’t know their ages or offer further descriptions. Nashville police chief Thomas Bashore said the victims didn’t work at the courthouse.

Bashore said that a gunman ran up in front of the courthouse and shot several times then ran away. Authorities said they don’t have a motive. Jenkins said he believes that the victims were targeted and that the shooting wasn’t random. Officers found four or five bullet casings at the scene.

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