CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – One person was taken to the hospital and another detained after a shooting on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill on Friday afternoon, police said.
According to the Chapel Hill Police Department, officers responded at 2:47 p.m. to a shooting at the Dunkin’ Donuts on the 1500 block of East Franklin St. When officers arrived on scene, police said they found one person who had been shot.
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The shooting occurred after an altercation broke out between two employees, Chapel Hill police said.
The victim was transported to UNC Hospitals with injuries that were considered non-life-threatening, police said. They have since been released from the hospital.
Chapel Hill police identified the person who was detained at the scene as 23-year-old Wesley Shamar Higgins. He was arrested on the following charges:
- Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury
- Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill
- Discharge weapon into occupied property
- Discharge firearm in city limits
- Assault by pointing a gun (two counts)