Two shot at N. C. bottling plant

Two people were shot and killed Friday at the Sun-drop Bottling plant in Concord, N. C.

The Charlotte Observer reported that a SunDrop employee called 911 at 10 a.m. and told the dispatcher that there were “two people down.”

Three to four people were in the building at the time of the shooting, said Concord Deputy Police Chief Guy Smith. Smith has not yet released the names of the victims, but one worked for the company according to the Associated Press.

Smith said the shooter walked into the plant around 10 a.m. during what he believes was a robbery. The identity of the shooter is unknown, but Smith told the Observer that he was a black man, around 20 years old with shoulder-length dreadlocks wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt.

The company was founded in 1954, and is run by the King family, whose roots in soda bottling date back to 1904, the Observer reported.

UPDATE: 911 tape released

Source: BevNET.com Staff