Fayetteville police are investigating a shooting, an assault and a break-in that happened Thursday on Birch Road off Hope Mills Road.

Officers were called about 6:40 p.m. to the Fayetteville Fire Station at 911 Hope Mills Road, near J.W. Coon Elementary School, after a man with a gunshot wound, reportedly to the arm, showed up seeking help, a police news release said.

At the same time, officers were dispatched to a break-in at a home on the 5000 block of Birch Road, about two-tenths of a mile from the fire station.

Officers were told that a man had broken into the residence and assaulted a woman inside the house and that another occupant fired a shot at the intruder, the release said.

The woman who was assaulted had injuries that were not life-threatening.

The man was taken to an unidentified hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, the release said.

The identities of the man and woman had not been released late Thursday.

Anyone with information should contact Detective A. Kincade at 910-732-2610 or Crimestoppers at 910-483-TIPS.

Nancy McCleary