The shooting happened Sunday night just before 8:30 in the 1100 block of Parkside Main Street.
Officers said an employee of the theater was doing a sweep of the parking lot when they found their co-worker with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Worker shot in leg outside Frank Theaters in Parkside Shopping complex in Cary. Person has non life threatening injuries. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/ePFMPLySpC
— Tim Pulliam (@TimABC11) October 23, 2017
The man - who has not been identified - was transported to Duke University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No arrests have been made; the theater is operating as normal.