One victim was airlifted to New Hanover Regional after a shooting in Chadbourn Thursday afternoon.
Chief Ken Elliot of the Chadbourn Police said the victim was shot around 4:25 p.m. in a vacant lot in the 500 block of South Wilkes Street. The victim was transported to Columbus Regional by private vehicle, then transferred to the Wilmington hospital.
The shooting victim’s name has not been released.
Elliot said the State Bureau of Investigation is assisting CPD with the case.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call 910.654.4146.
