CLAYTON, N.C. (WNCN) — Police said Monday that a Raleigh man found with a gunshot wound at a Clayton Wendy’s on Sunday afternoon was shot in the face during a targeted robbery a mile away.
The incident was reported around 12:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Wendy’s at 10197 U.S. 70 East in Clayton, according to a news release from Clayton Police Chief Greg Tart.
When officers arrived they found a 22-year-old Raleigh man in a Dodge Challenger suffering from a gunshot wound to the face, police said.
“Clayton Police officers and investigators interviewed witnesses and conducted a crime scene search of the area,” the news release said.
The shooting happened when the victim was in his car in the 400 block of Commodore Street and up to three men tried to rob him, police said.
“A shot was fired during the altercation and (the victim) drove away from the area where he stopped in the Wendy’s parking lot,” Tart said.
Police said witnesses told them suspects ran from the area after the shooting and fled in an unknown vehicle.