SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) -
For the second time in three nights an attempted robbery at gunpoint
has occurred at the Wells Fargo ATM on W. Innes near Grove Street.
Just
before midnight on Thursday a man went to the ATM, according to the
police report. The man had heard about the robberies in the area, so he
left the engine running on his car. As he walked towards the ATM, the
man says two young black men came running towards him.
The alleged victim said that one of the men was carrying a rifle.
As
the man reached his car he was struck in the back of the head by the
butt of the rifle. He managed to get in the car. The second attacker
ran around to the passenger side of the car, beating on the window and
demanding that the man open the door. The man drover off to a nearby
store and called police. He said that he saw his attackers running
across W. Innes towards the Super Speedwash.
The injury sustained by the victim was not serious, according to police.
On
Friday morning police said they would be stepping up patrols in the
area. On Wednesday a man was approached by a man with a gun who tried
to rob him. That suspect and an accomplice were caught a short time
later by police.
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