Thomasville, North Carolina — EnergyUnited executives responded to an alarm Tuesday morning to find its Pleasant Hill substation damaged by an apparent gunshot, the company said in a news release.
The company said its customers served by the substation experienced no outages as a result of the quick response.
“EnergyUnited is constantly committed to delivering safe and reliable energy to our members,” EnergyUnited Vice President of Energy Supply Steve McCachern said in a news release. “While we are pleased that our members did not experience any service disruptions, we take this matter very seriously and are currently investigating the incident.”
After seeing the damage to the substation, the management of the enterprise called the law enforcement officers.
EnergyUnited spokeswoman Maureen Moore said the company could not provide the exact address of the substation for security reasons.
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating. The FBI and State Bureau of Investigation are also aware of Tuesday’s incident.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 336-318-6658 or CrimeStoppers at 336-672-7463.
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The shooting damaged an EnergyUnited electrical substation in Randolph County
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