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According to the Johnston County Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened at a Shop-N-Go on North Carolina Highway 39.

'I didn't want anyone to get hurt': Man dead in shooting at Johnston County convenience store

CYCLONE 18. WE'RE GOING OVER THE LATEST TRACKING WHERE THIS IS HEADED. COMING UP. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M JULIAN GRACE. WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS AT 10. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AT A JOHNSTON COUNTY CONVENIENCE STORE THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. A CLERK AT A SHOPPING GO NEAR HIGHWAY. 39 TELLS WRAL HE SHOT AND KILLED A MAN FOR HIS SAFETY THIS EVENING. >> NEW TONIGHT WRAL'S AARON THOMAS. YOU SEE HIM RIGHT THERE. HE SPOKE WITH ONE MAN WHO TELLS US HE WAS THE ONE WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER. HE JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH MORE. ERIN. IN JULY. AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT IS ACTIVE SCENE BEHIND IS RIGHT NOW. AT 10, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE STORE CLERK IS A 22 YEAR-OLD NAMED JORDAN ABOUT THIS. >> I SPOKE WITH HIM OFF CAMERA FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. HE SAYS THAT ALL OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE, IT STEMS FROM AN INTERESTING SITUATION WHERE HE ACCUSES A MAN OF AT IN SUSPICIOUS AND MADE HIM AND OTHER CUSTOMERS FEEL UNSAFE. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WARNING GUNSHOT TURNED OUT TO BE A FATAL ONE. A HOST OF PATROL CARS AND CRIME SCENE TAPE TOOK OVER THIS PARKING LOT HOURS AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING AT THE SHOP AND GO CONVENIENCE STORE. >> AND JOHNSTON COUNTY DEPUTIES ON SCENE DIDN'T CONFIRM THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE SHOOTING. 22 YEAR-OLD JORY VALDEZ WHO WORKS AS A CLERK TELLS WRAL HE PULLED THE TRIGGER SHOOTING AND KILLING A MIDDLE-AGED MAN. HE TOLD ME OFF CAMERA HE WANTED TO PROTECT THE STORE AND INTENDED TO FIRE A WARNING SHOT. LOCALS TAMIL YOUR WITH THIS LOCATION SAYING THIS DEADLY SHOOTING ADDS TO THE LIST OF PREVIOUS UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCES. >> AND THOSE OCCURRENCES INCLUDED DEADLY ARE ROBBERY THAT TOOK PLACE HERE BACK IN 2016 AS WELL AS A FIRE THAT RIPPED THROUGH BACK IN 2021, I DID REACH OUT TO SHERIFF BIZZELL TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. BUT SO FAR AT THIS HOUR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY.

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