WOMAN SHOT AT IN PARKING LOT

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- A woman claims that someone shot at her in the parking lot of Family Dollar.

The 19-year-old victim reported the incident to officer Dwayne McAlister at the Lincolnton Police Department around 4:30 p.m.

The victim said she heard two gunshots that "sounded real close," according to the police report.

In the process of ducking down, she grabbed two children in front of her.

The victim said a silver car sped away towards Buffalo Shoals Road with a male and female inside.

The woman told police the shooting may have happened because she implicated one of the suspects in a crime being investigated by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

At no time did the victim see the listed suspects or the suspects shoot a weapon.

Authorities said there wasn't any calls of shots fired in the area around 4:30pm Saturday.