WAKE COUNTY: Cary Police are looking for two suspects who shot a woman Sunday afternoon and robbed her at an automated teller machine at a Cary bank. The two suspects fled in a car with New York license plates, officials said.
Paramedics took the woman to WakeMed in Raleigh, but they did not disclose how seriously she was hurt. They withheld her name.
The shooting happened at about 12:30p.m., Sunday at the Bank of America branch at 801 Southeast Maynard Road, across from the Cary Towne Center mall, police said.
Police asked the public's help in locating a black man described a tall and skinny, apparently in his early 30s, with a short beard and wearing black pants and black shirt. After the shooting, the suspect ran across the street to the mall and fled in a red sedan driven by a white man, police said.
They had no other description of the driver, they said. Witnesses told police the car had New York license plates.
The brother of the woman who was shot and robbed at a Cary ATM Sunday afternoon is speaking out about his sister's attack.
“[My sister] heard the pop and saw the fire but didn’t realize she’d been shot until she looked at her yellow pants and they were red,” said James Pinnix.
His sister, whose name has not been released, was robbed in broad daylight as she and two co-workers went to a Bank of America ATM to make a deposit.
Police said the shooting happened at about 12:30 p.m. at 801 Southeast Maynard Road, across from the Cary Towne Center mall.
That’s when a man ran up behind Pinnix’s sister, robbed her, shot her and ran across the street to a getaway car where another man was waiting.
Before paramedics took her to WakeMed, she called her brother’s cell phone.
“I couldn’t understand what she was saying, and she said, ‘I’ve been shot! I’ve been shot!’ Then a Cary policeman took the phone,” Pinnix said.
His sister underwent surgery and is in stable condition, police said.
“It tells you that people have no regard for human life,” Pinnix said.
Officials said they are continuing to search for the two suspects who fled in a car with New York license plates.
Police are asking for the public's help in locating a black man described a tall and skinny, apparently in his early 30s, with a short beard and wearing black pants and black shirt. After the shooting, the suspect ran across the street to the mall and fled in a red sedan driven by a white man, police said.
Until someone comes forward with more information, investigators say the two men should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call Cary police at 919-469-4017 or NC WANTED toll free at 1.866.43.WANTED (1.866.439.2683).
