A woman is dead Friday evening after a shooting at a Walmart in Robeson County.
According to Lumberton City Council member John Cantey Jr., a 42-year-old woman was shot and killed at a Walmart on the 5000 block of Fayetteville Road in Lumberton.
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Police officers told WRAL News they responded to the shots fired call around 3:45 p.m. When they and other agencies arrived, they found the woman, later identified as 42-year-old Brandy Nicole Olson, with a gunshot wound at the Woodforest Bank inside the Walmart.
According to the Lumberton Police Department, the suspects targeted two people they knew, who were standing at the bank inside the Walmart. Police said Olson was an innocent bystander and not involved in the shooting.
Officers said other bystanders were attempting to provide "life-saving measures" on Olson when they arrived, but she later died at a local hospital. Police said the suspected shooter ran from the scene and left the area.
Zabdeieo Cruze told WRAL News he was fortunate he wasn't inside during the shooting, but said it's tragic someone lost their life so close to Christmas.
"If that would've been one of my family, I would've been sad," he said.
Cantey said the shooting was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the general public.
"A lot of citizens are calling," he said. "I know our citizens are afraid. They are fearful this holiday season, and it's a tragedy."
Police said they, along with the Robeson County Sheriff's Office and other local and federal agencies are investigating.
Police are asking anyone with information related to the shooting to contact them at (910) 671-3846.
The shooting in Lumberton was at least the second at a busy shopping area Friday night, just days before Christmas. In Cary, a man was shot and killed in a parking deck at the Fenton social district. Police there arrested a man they said was known to the victim.