WBTV is reporting that one school is on lock down after a female armored truck employee was seriously injured from being shot during an armed robbery in the SouthPark area.
According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, Loomis Fargo employees were robbed at the Foxcroft Shopping Center early Monday morning, just before 9 a.m.
The location is a small group of stores at Fairview and Valencia Terrace, incluidng Caribou Coffee, where a man walked from last year and was later shot along a neighborhood street.
Police told WBTV that the female employee was shot in the upper arm while she was working on a Wells Fargo ATM at the shopping center.
After the woman was shot, Loomis Fargo employees tried to drive her to the hospital, but they stopped along the way and called for medical help.
According to MEDIC, emergency officials were called to the intersection of Providence Road and Cavendish Court, nearly two miles away from the shooting. The woman was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police say Charlotte County Day School, which is in the area, has been placed on lock down as a precaution during this incident.
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