SHERILLS FORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Deputies with the Catawba County Sheriff's Office responded to Highway Tire in Sherills Ford Wednesday regarding a report of a disturbance involving multiple individuals, one reportedly armed with a firearm.

Deputies determined that an alleged dispute occurred at the business between employees and a vendor. During that incident, two employees allegedly assaulted the vendor and discharged a firearm into the delivery vehicle.

The two employees also allegedly took property belonging to the vendor and prevented him from leaving.

Eric Anderson has been arrested and charged with: • Shooting into Occupied Property • Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon • Second-Degree Kidnapping • Conspiracy to Commit Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon • Assault by Po

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