09/08/17 — Man injured in shooting at Bees Town on Slocumb Street

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Man injured in shooting at Bees Town on Slocumb Street

By Ethan Smith
Published in News on September 8, 2017 1:22 PM

Goldsboro police are investigating a shooting at the Beestown Mart at 905 S. Slocumb St. that left a man injured Thursday night.

Vernon Linwood Faison Jr., 25, was shot in the buttocks.

Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert at the business at about 8:22 p.m. Thursday.

While they were on the way, the call got upgraded to a person shot.

Faison was taken to Wayne UNC Health care in a private car prior to officers arriving on scene.

A police report said Faison was only shot once on the left side of his buttocks.

The investigation is ongoing.