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Dollar Tree employee shot in Taylorsville

By Sarah Newell Williamson | Hickory Daily Record

Published: April 17, 2009

TAYLORSVILLE - A Dollar Tree employee was shot Wednesday when he tried to get a customer to leave the store at closing time.

Employees at the Dollar Tree on N.C. 16 North in Taylorsville saw a Hispanic male come into the store shortly before the store closed on Wednesday, according to police reports. When they were ready to close the store at 9 p.m., the two employees went looking for the man because they hadn't seen him leave.

Walking to the back storage area of the store, they saw the man hiding among boxes of merchandise.

The man started shooting at the two employees with a small caliber revolver, according to police reports.

Assistant Manager Robert Anderson, 17, was shot in the arm, said Tony Jones, Taylorsville police chief.

The two employees managed to leave the store and call 911. Anderson, of Hiddenite, was flown to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He is listed in good condition.

Although police aren't sure what type of gun was used, Jones said an unfired 22-caliber bullet was found outside the Dollar Tree.

Police are looking for the Hispanic male, who was last seen running north on N.C. 16. He is described as light skinned, clean cut, between 25 and 35 years old, about 5-feet 8-inches, short hair and weighs about 150 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Taylorsville Police Department at 632-2218, or Crime Stoppers at 632-8555.