Bandit Sought in Armed Robbery

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A man narrowly escaped injury after he was robbed at gunpoint and reportedly shot at Wednesday.

The victim, Kelly Delane Mills, said a man he knows assaulted him and took $695 from Mills on Pine Circle Road, Tabor City. Mills called 911 around 1 p.m., according to a report by Dep. C. Wilson.

Mills told investigators the suspect took his money and shot at him with a rifle as he fled. The report note that Mills later changed the location of the alleged assault.

The robbery is under investigation.

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