2 killed, 6 wounded in series of North Carolina shooting

North Carolina police cordon off the shooting area. (WBTV screen grab)

Six persons were wounded in a parking lot shooting on Christmas Eve in High Point, North Carolina.

Officers of the High Point Police Department responded to the incident just after 4:30 p.m. on Montlieu Avenue.

Police arrived to find multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers determined that six males were shot while in the parking lot outside the business establishment.

There were several other people in the parking lot during the shooting that were not shot, police say.

Officers say they are getting different descriptions of a suspect vehicle, but know that the vehicle passed the front of the store from Lexington Avenue toward Gordon Street.

According to police, all victims are in stable condition at local hospitals. Police say they have recovered multiple shell casings from Gordon Street adjacent from the parking lot.

Earlier, two other shooting incidents resulted in the death of two persons–a 27-year-old man who was shot the night before and died the next day and an 18-year-old victim early on Christmas Eve. (WBTV)