ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. — A 74-year-old woman was fatally shot after a man allegedly stole an ambulance at gunpoint from EMS workers responding to a medical call in the Maxton area, authorities said.
The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect, Cheyenne Woods, 36, of Red Springs, pulled a gun on two EMS providers during transport to a hospital and drove off in the ambulance, WMBF reported. Investigators said Woods later crashed the ambulance into another vehicle, got out and fatally shot the driver, Marie Locklear, 74, also of Red Springs.
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Sheriff Burnis Wilkins described the case as deeply disturbing and said it was especially frustrating given Woods’s criminal history.
Wilkins said the sheriff’s office extends its thoughts and prayers to Locklear’s family and to the EMS personnel who were traumatized during the incident.
Woods faces charges including first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, multiple firearm offenses, assault on EMS personnel and discharging a firearm into occupied property.
