LENOIR, N.C. — Neighbors in Lenoir are on edge after multiple gunshots were fired into a pickup truck over the weekend.
Channel 9’s Dave Faherty learned it happened on Highway 321, where the truck eventually crashed.
Neighbors told Faherty they believe a motorcycle club was involved. Police are investigating whether or not that’s the case, but they say they have a lot of unanswered questions.
Police did confirm that the vehicle was hit twice after someone fired shots. A viewer shared a video of the truck moments after it was hit by gunfire, and two bikers are seen behind it.
Neighbors told us those shots were fired by members of a national motorcycle club. Police haven’t made an arrest.
Makayla Coffey told Channel 9 by phone that she was with friends traveling on the four-lane road when the shots rang out.
“I was trying to make sure me and my friends weren’t going to get shot because the bullets sounded extremely close,” she said.
Coffey said it should never have happened.
“Not that many people got hurt, but at the same time, you’re putting everybody’s life at risk all over everything, just drama,” said Coffey.
Surveillance video showed the crash as the truck went through the median and struck another pickup heading in the opposite direction.
The video was captured outside the business where Chris Swanson works along Highway 321
“This little town, you don’t think about gang-related or biker-related violence,” Swanson said. “You’d think that would be more of a big city thing.”
Faherty went to the group’s clubhouse north of Lenoir Monday, but no one was there.
Police have not announced an arrest.
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