PAMLICO COUNTY, N.C. — Officials say over the last three weeks, five shots were fired into the Pamlico County Republican Party Headquarters in two separate incidents.
The shots appear to be from a pellet rifle or similar gun. No suspects have been arrested at this time.
A bullet hole was found in a Pat McCrory yard sign but the Sheriff says they don’t want to say that’s the reason the shots were fired. The sign was hanging in the office and just had a hole through it from one of the shots.
The Chairman of the Pamlico County Republican Party, Dave Wickersham, issued the following statement regarding recent incidents at the County Headquarters in Bayboro, NC:
“We have had two separate incidents at our Headquarters over the last three weeks that involved a person or persons shooting an air rifle or BB gun at the front windows. No volunteers were in the building at the time of the shootings and no one has been injured. Both of these incidents were reported to the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office.
Wickersham continued, “we cannot condemn strongly enough the cowardly action of those responsible and ask that anyone with information about the shootings contact Sheriff Chris Davis”.
We do not believe any of our volunteers were or are in any danger from these sneaky, late night attacks and are committed to keeping our Headquarters open to the public. Our volunteers are providing information on voting hours, Republican candidates and handing out yard signs and sample ballots.
We will be taking additional security measures as a result of these unprovoked attacks and hope the person or persons will be found and prosecuted.”
