Maxton, North Carolina – A shooting at a large party over the weekend in southeastern North Carolina left two people dead and several others seriously injured, a police chief said Saturday.
Thirteen people were shot, Robeson County Sheriff Burnice Wilkins’ Office said in a news release. He said early Saturday that homicide investigators and others were at the scene of the party in a rural area outside Maxton, which is about 95 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Raleigh near the South Carolina border.
“There is no current threat to the community as this appears to have been an isolated incident,” the statement said.
Wilkins’ office said more than 150 people fled the scene before law enforcement officers arrived, while anyone with information about what happened or who was at the scene was asked to contact police investigators.
More information about the shooting, including the names of those killed and wounded, was not immediately released Saturday. No arrests have been announced.