Security guard shot in parking lot of Fayetteville restaurant
A security guard is in critical condition after a Thursday night shooting at Phat Daddy s restaurant on Raeford Road.
A security guard was in critical condition Friday after being shot twice late Thursday in the parking lot of a Raeford Road bar, police said.
Charles Jackson Jr., 50, was with other security guards breaking up a fight in the parking lot of Phat Daddy s Sports Bar & Grille, 3406 Raeford Road, when shots rang out and Jackson was hit about 11 p.m., according to a news release from the Fayetteville Police Department. Jackson was taken by ambulance to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in critical condition, according to a news release Friday morning.
The shooter fled in a white Mercedes SUV-style vehicle, police said. The suspect was involved in an altercation in the parking lot with other patrons that had been refused entry into the business, the release said.