A Wild Incident Has Alexander County Sheriff’s Office And Taylorsville Police Searching For Answers…Updated

One of the strangest happenings in recent memory has multiple law enforcement agencies trying to determine what happened, why it happened and who was involved.

Alexander County Deputies along with the NC Highway Patrol were alerted on Saturday around 9:45 pm of a long line of vehicles heading out of Hickory and about to cross the NC Highway 127 bridge into the Bethlehem Community.

The vehicles blocked the intersection of Highway 127 and Rink Dam Road according to Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell. Deputies responded and one officer pursued a vehicle that rammed a County Vehicle. The Deputy was not injured but the Sheriff’s Office cruiser was immobilized. The suspect vehicle fled. The Sheriff’s office says the vehicle in question was likely a two-tone black and white Lexus. It should have damage to the drivers side including a missing mirror.

Sheriff Pennell says the caravan continued on Highway 127 to US 64/90 where it speeded in the direction of Taylorsville. Pennell says the number of vehicles involved might have been near 100. The vehicles turned onto NC Highway 90 at the intersection of Golf Course Road.

Some the vehicles entered the Westgate Shopping Center Parking lot in West Taylorsville where video shows the occupants ingiting fireworks. There were reports of gunfire but that has not been confirmed according the Sheriff Pennell.

Taylorsville Police spotted a vehicle flee the parking lot that later crashed on Main Street. The driver was arrested. A rifle and multiple license plates were found in the vehicle. Taylorsville Police Chief Douglas Bowman says multiple charges have been filed but those charges, nor the identity of the suspect have been released.

The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office and Taylorsville Police continue to investigate the incident.

This story will be updated as more details are released.

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