Goldsboro police look into latest shooting
By Ethan Smith
Published in News on November 17, 2016 1:55 PM
Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left a man injured.
Two men were riding in a car in the 1800 block of S. Slocumb St. around 12:15 a.m. Thursday when a Ford Expedition pulled up beside them and an occupant began shooting, a report said.
One of the bullets fired struck the driver -- 19-year-old Maurice Butler -- in the left calf while others hit the vehicle.
The passenger escaped injury.
Butler was taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Bullets struck the front windshield, driver's door and license plate of Butler's car.
There are no suspects in the shooting at this time.
Maj. Anthony Carmon, head of the Goldsboro Police Department's criminal investigations division, said police do not have any information to indicate whether the men were targeted or not.
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