Suspect in Saturday shooting still at large

Local News

October 27, 2009

T. J. ROYAL

Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man on Bradley Avenue in Tarboro early Saturday morning.

The incident involving one victim and assailant occurred on the 800 block of Bradley Avenue around 2:12 a.m. Saturday, Patrolman Brandon Anderson said.

Anderson responded to the incident after hearing the gunshot while he was at the intersection of Bradley and East Avenues at the time. As he approached the scene, Anderson said he "saw subjects running in all directions on Bradley Avenue."

When he arrived at the residence, the patrolman said he found the victim shot once in the foot. Upon interviewing the victim, Anderson said he learned he was approached by the assailant, described as wearing a black ski mask and a black hooded sweat shirt, from the east of the residence.

The victim was sitting on his porch when the assailant said, "Give it up." Anderson said that "when (the victim) did nothing the subject shot (him) once in the foot," and then fled on foot, running north on Leaf Street.

The victim was taken to Heritage Hospital in Tarboro by the Edgecombe County Rescue Squad.

Anderson said that he found one spent .45-caliber shell casing at the crime scene.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Tarboro Police at 641-4272, or 641-4247.