LUMBERTON — City police are investigating a shooting that took place Saturday in North Lumberton and left one person injured and several vehicles damaged.

According to a statement from the Lumberton Police Department, officers responded at 8:52 p.m. to a report of shots fired in the parking lot of the ABC Store at 150 Wintergreen Drive. They found Shaikeem Lambert, of Fairmont, with nonlife-threatening injuries and several damaged vehicles.

The incident was triggered by a fight between at least two customers in the parking lot of the ABC Store and escalated when one of the people involved in the fight retrieved a firearm from his vehicle and began shooting, according to the statement.

Police have the name of a suspect, but are not releasing it.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sgt. Dereck Evans at 910-671-3845.

Staff report