It happened at the Family Dollar on US 117 South in Dudley at 10 p.m.
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Deputies found one of the store clerks had been shot during a robbery and used a K-9 to track the shooter south from the store.
The shooter was not located.
The clerk was taken to Wayne UNC Hospital where she is in good stable condition.
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The shooter is described as being 5-foot 9-inches to 5-foot 11-inches slim build with short dreads wearing a black hoodie, dark pants, white undershirt with white tennis shoes using a dark bandana to cover his face, armed with a small-caliber handgun.
"Well, I'm just alarmed to hear it. Like I said, I saw it on the internet, I didn't know. I shop here all the time. It's kind of close to home. I've seen a lot of violent things in Goldsboro lately, and it's just alarming to be this close to home actually," said Curtis Lewis, a frequent shopper.
Anyone with information about the shooting and robbery is asked to contact the Wayne County Sheriff's Office at 919-731-1480 or Crime Stoppers at 919-735-2255 and callers can remain anonymous and may receive a cash reward for their tip.
"It's sad that people have to go to that extreme just to - I don't know what he came out with - a little cash or groceries or whatever they were trying to achieve," said Lewis.
Wayne County Sheriff's office declined to comment on what was taken from the store.