Man shot and killed in Taco Bell parking lot on East Innes Street
Published 12:39 am Saturday, November 4, 2017
A Salisbury officer with a police dog comb the scene of a fatal shooting outside Taco Bell on East Innes Street on Friday night. Jon C. Lakey/SalisburyPost
A Rowan County sheriff's deputy takes witness statements at the scene of a fatal shooting on Innes Street in Salisbury on Friday night. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
One man was killed in a shooting Friday night outside the Taco Bell on East Innes Street in Salisbury, police said. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
A shooting victim is taken to an ambulance outside Taco Bell in Salisbury Friday night. He later died at the hospital. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
Staff report
SALISBURY — A man was killed in a shooting outside the Taco Bell restaurant at 602 E. Innes St. on Friday night, according to the Salisbury Police Department.
Police were called to the restaurant at 8:44 p.m. after gunshots were reported, according to a police statement.
When officers arrived, they found that a shooting had taken place in the parking lot. Witnesses said a man had run from the scene into FT Tobacco Co. at 618 E. Innes St. and collapsed.
The 30-year-old man was transported to Novant Rowan Regional Medical Center, where he died of a gunshot wound, police said. The name of the victim was not released pending notification of next-of-kin.
Salisbury police investigators and the State Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Salisbury Police Department at 704-638-5333 or CrimeStoppers at 866-639-5245. Tips may be submitted online at http:/tips.salisburyrowancrimestoppers.org.
