SANFORD, N.C. (WNCN) — A shooting killed a gas station worker during what deputies said was an armed robbery late Saturday night in Harnett County.
Sheriff Wayne Coats said deputies responded just after 11:15 p.m. to an armed robbery call at Marathon Gas Value Mart at 5231 NC 87, about three miles south of Sanford.
Upon arrival, deputies said they found an employee shot dead inside the store. Alfredo Escalona Mares, 50, was identified Sunday afternoon as the worker who was killed, according to a news release from the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office…