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Police investigating shooting at Hamlet City Lake

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HAMLET — Two people have been hospitalized following a shooting at City Lake late Friday night.

Officers with the Hamlet Police Department responded to a call of someone being shot at the lake around 11:40 p.m. June 7, according to Maj. Hudson Chitwood.

When officers arrived, Chitwood said they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head and a woman with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Both victims were treated at the scene by officers and EMTs before being taken to hospitals, Chitwood said.

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As of Monday, both victims were still hospitalized.

Although the victims’ names have not been released, Chitwood said they are both from Rockingham.

Chitwood said the incident appears to be domestic violence-related and there is no threat to the public.

The case is still under investigation.