CARY, N.C. (AP) โ€” An 18-year-old man fired pellet guns inside a North Carolina bookstore, creating panic and causing minor injuries to two people, authorities said.

Town of Cary spokeswoman Kathryn Trogdon said the man walked into the Barnes & Noble store at about 7 p.m. Friday and started shooting โ€œindiscriminatelyโ€ with two pellet guns. A man and a woman received minor injuries and were taken to a hospital.

Trogdon identified the suspect as Jonathan Kyle Courtney, of Cary. Courtney has been charged with two counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon and one count of discharging a barreled weapon into an occupied property. He is currently being held at the Wake County Public Safety Center in Raleigh.


Police Capt. John Szymeczek told WNCN-TV that the pellet guns looked realistic.

โ€œThere were some shook up people for sure,โ€ Szymeczek said. โ€œAlthough they were BB guns, they are very realistic-looking replicas. It was a traumatic event for those folks.โ€

The large police presence around the store was unusual for the typically peaceful town of about 166,000 near Raleigh.

Witnesses told WRAL-TV that they heard multiple shots and breaking glass, prompting some customers to run to the back of the store or hide under tables.


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