Police say incident was domestic violence-related

A woman was killed Friday in a shooting that Burlington police blamed on domestic violence.

The shooting took place just after 4 p.m. at the East Village shopping center, 2447 N. Church St., and a suspect was arrested in Green Level about an hour later.

The woman was taken to Alamance Regional Medical Center with serious injuries, and died before 6 p.m., police said.

First responders were called to the scene at 4:10 p.m. for possible medical assistance or a cardiac arrest, Assistant Police Chief Brian Long said. Officers found the woman suffering from “more than one” gunshot wound, Long said, and the call was “quickly” upgraded to a shooting with injuries.

Police have not released the names of the victim or suspect, or the charges the suspect will face, but they believe the woman worked at one of the businesses in the shopping center where the shooting occurred.

Long said the shooting was believed to be connected to a domestic incident between the suspect and the victim.

Nearly 20 police and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives vehicles swarmed the strip mall and set up on the east side of the building, near 2459 N. Church St. The entire parking lot was taped off as a crime scene.

While officials investigated at the North Church Street scene, the suspect, who emergency communications scanner traffic said had fled toward Green Level, was located about four miles away at Ray’s Mobile Home Park, 1051 Wyatt Road.

Emergency communications scanner traffic indicated that police reached the suspect on the phone while at the park and went back and forth, negotiating with him in several phone calls. Police confirmed that the suspect was in custody about 5:20 p.m.

Check back with thetimesnews.com for further developments.

Elizabeth Pattman can be reached at (336) 506-3078, or at epattman@thetimesnews.com. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter: @EPattmanTN