Burlington, North Carolina

From the Greensboro News-Record of July 5, 2005
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Police: Burlington store owner shoots would-be burglar

A Burlington store owner shot and wounded a man who threw a brick through the front glass doors in an attempt to burglarize the place early this morning, according to police.

About 2:30 a.m., Robert Lee Brooks III threw a brick at The Spot store at 1520 N. Church St., Burlington police said in a press release.

Store owner Darryl Jerldero Hightower, 36, was inside because someone had tried to break into the store several hours earlier, police said. That had left the store without power because the meter was damaged and the alarm wire was cut.

Brooks, 36, of 2417 N. Church St., lot 5 in Burlington, was found lying on the sidewalk in front of the store, police said. He had been shot once in the upper leg.

He will be taken to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill to be treated for a shattered femur.

No charges had been filed as of Tuesday morning.

No subsequent stories about this incident were found.