Crime 1 Person Injured in Black Friday Shooting at N.C. Walmart, Shooter Flees During Evacuation After what appeared to be an altercation between two people who knew each other, one person was shot and the suspect slipped away as the store was being evacuated By Glenn Garner Glenn Garner Instagram Twitter Glenn Garner is a Writer/Reporter who works heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. Since graduating from Northern Arizona University with a dual major in journalism and photography, he got his professional start at OUT Magazine, The Advocate and Teen Vogue, and he's since consistently kept his finger on the pulse of the LGBTQ community. His first book The Guncle Guide was released in 2020 and was featured on Katie Couric's list of 100 recommended books of the year. People Editorial Guidelines Published on November 26, 2022 05:09 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto An altercation between two Walmart shoppers in North Carolina escalated to violence on the biggest shopping day of the year. Lumberton Police Department (LPD) responded to reports of shots fired after an incident between two people who knew each other at 11:26 a.m. on Black Friday (Nov. 25) at the Walmart Super Center on Fayetteville Rd., according to a press release from police. Officers attempted to locate any shooters or victims as the store was being evacuated. Surveillance footage later showed the shooter slipping out during the evacuation. Coworker Says Walmart Shooter Seemed to Target Certain People, Authorities Found 'Death Note' Minutes later, police were alerted to a gunshot victim arriving at UNC Health Southeastern with a non-life-threatening wound. Authorities did not share the victim's name, but noted: "This appears to be an isolated incident between two individuals who are familiar with each other." The suspect has also been identified but his name is being withheld as investigators attempt to locate him. The Black Friday shooting came hours before two others were wounded in another isolated incident two hours away at a mall in Greenville. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. At around 6:30 p.m., a Greenville Police Department (GPD) officer posted at the nearby Belk heard the gunshots and immediately responded to the scene near American Eagle, according to a press release from GPD. Theodore Devon Dunn Jr., 21, and Irashamire Raashad Perkins, 22, were shot after they engaged in a fight with a person one of them knew, police said. Both were transported to ECU Health Medical Center, where Perkins was still hospitalized and receiving treatment as of Saturday, while Dunn's injuries are not considered life-threatening. On Tuesday, six people were shot and killed at another Walmart in nearby Chesapeake, Va. after store employee Andre Bing targeted his co-workers before turning the gun on himself. According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, 2022 is expected to be the second-highest year for mass shootings on record in the United States with 612 so far, compared to last year's 690.