Man killed in shooting while driving on US 64 in North Carolina

ZEBULON, N.C. (WNCN) — A Johnston County man has died after he was shot early Thursday morning while traveling in an SUV along US 64 near Zebulon — marking the second shooting death along a Wake County highway in just days, officials said Sunday.

U.S. 64 west near Lizard Lick Road was shut down around 7:30 a.m. Thursday for the shooting, according to the NCDOT and the Wake County Sheriff’s Office.

A Jeep SUV with a tarp covering the front windshield was parked on the U.S. 64 shoulder at the scene about two miles west of Zebulon…

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