Employees at Brier Creek say they initially mistook gunfire after a Fourth of July celebration for fireworks until customers ran inside seeking safety.
Not long after Brier Creek Commons’ “Star-Spangled” block party ended Saturday night, police responded to a fight near the Regal Brier Creek movie theater and Target during what they called a “teen takeover” involving about 3,000 young people. The Fourth of July event featured a DJ and fireworks and was advertised as one of the Triangle’s “largest fireworks shows.”
Gunshots were fired, and two bystanders were reported injured, sending people running into surrounding businesses…