BELMONT, N.C. – Police in North Carolina say all the hostages have been released from a drugstore following an attempted armed robbery.
But the gunman was still in the CVS drugstore in Belmont at 6 a.m. Friday.
Police were called to the store shortly before 2 a.m. Police Chief Charles Franklin says a gunman fired several shots at the first officers to arrive and they returned fire.
A negotiator is in communication with the gunman.
Sgt. John Wilson said the only three hostages in the store were released shortly after 4 a.m. Wilson says there have been no injuries.
Streets in the area have been blocked off. Belmont is about 15 miles west of Charlotte.
But the gunman was still in the CVS drugstore in Belmont at 6 a.m. Friday.
Police were called to the store shortly before 2 a.m. Police Chief Charles Franklin says a gunman fired several shots at the first officers to arrive and they returned fire.
A negotiator is in communication with the gunman.
Sgt. John Wilson said the only three hostages in the store were released shortly after 4 a.m. Wilson says there have been no injuries.
Streets in the area have been blocked off. Belmont is about 15 miles west of Charlotte.