More details are in about a man who the Davie County sheriff said went on a shooting rampage in Mocksville that ended with a truck driver being shot on Interstate 40. John Franklin Barrow Jr. was arrested and charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Deborah Spillman, who owns Whitnee's Variety Store, says she's still scared and thought twice about opening her store after the shooting that took place right outside her front door.Spillman says she was sitting in her shop and talking with a customer when she heard the shots. They looked out the window and then went outside to see what happened.Spillman said, "That's when she was seeing the shell casings sitting out in the yard right beside my car. We went and checked all the vehicles and everything."Spillman said she has a food truck in the parking lot from time to time and is thankful it wasn't out front Thursday and that no customers were hurt.Spillman said, "You just think it could come through any window, could have come any of the doors through the walls, anything like that. And I just took off and made sure nobody that was next door to the little fruit stand that was hurt or anything."The Davie County Sheriff's Office said John Franklin Barrow Jr. fired a handgun as he drove along Highway 601. He then made his way onto Interstate 40, where the sheriff's office said he shot a truck driver. He was later arrested when his vehicle was located in Winston-Salem.Spillman said she hopes the truck driver will be OK and said her heart is still racing from the experience."It just seems like it was a dream and everything. And I guess I got shell shock or something because I couldn't sleep last night or anything, you know, because I just was still shaky about it," Spillman said.According to court records, Barrow has a lengthy criminal record. He's currently in the Davie County Jail with no bond. At last check, the truck driver that was shot is being treated for gunshot wounds to his face and his left shoulder. There is no word on his condition.
MOCKSVILLE, N.C. —
More details are in about a man who the Davie County sheriff said went on a shooting rampage in Mocksville that ended with a truck driver being shot on Interstate 40.
John Franklin Barrow Jr. was arrested and charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
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Deborah Spillman, who owns Whitnee's Variety Store, says she's still scared and thought twice about opening her store after the shooting that took place right outside her front door.
Spillman says she was sitting in her shop and talking with a customer when she heard the shots. They looked out the window and then went outside to see what happened.
Spillman said, "That's when she was seeing the shell casings sitting out in the yard right beside my car. We went and checked all the vehicles and everything."
Spillman said she has a food truck in the parking lot from time to time and is thankful it wasn't out front Thursday and that no customers were hurt.
Spillman said, "You just think it could come through any window, could have come any of the doors through the walls, anything like that. And I just took off and made sure nobody that was next door to the little fruit stand that was hurt or anything."
The Davie County Sheriff's Office said John Franklin Barrow Jr. fired a handgun as he drove along Highway 601. He then made his way onto Interstate 40, where the sheriff's office said he shot a truck driver. He was later arrested when his vehicle was located in Winston-Salem.
Spillman said she hopes the truck driver will be OK and said her heart is still racing from the experience.
"It just seems like it was a dream and everything. And I guess I got shell shock or something because I couldn't sleep last night or anything, you know, because I just was still shaky about it," Spillman said.
According to court records, Barrow has a lengthy criminal record. He's currently in the Davie County Jail with no bond.
At last check, the truck driver that was shot is being treated for gunshot wounds to his face and his left shoulder. There is no word on his condition.
