Shortly before 4:00 am, a truck driver was robbed and shot twice in the parking lot of the Microtel Inn, located on Banner Elk Drive.Police say two men attempted to rob a truck driver as he got out of his truck in the parking lot at the hotel. He was shot twice in the stomach during the robbery.
The suspects were described as two black males wearing white t-shirts and dark pants. They fled in a gold Toyota Camry.