Inset: Robert Page (Fayetteville police). Background: The Food Lion in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where Page allegedly shot a woman in the face (WRAL).
A North Carolina man allegedly shot his girlfriend and stole her car before he opened fire on women at a Hardee's and a grocery store while trying — unsuccessfully — to steal their cars.
Robert Page, 52, faces a slew of charges including three counts each of first-degree attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill along with one count of robbery and larceny of a motor vehicle.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said the alleged crime spree began around 7 a.m. Sunday when officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 700 block of Messenger Street in Fayetteville. Cops found a woman, later identified as Page's girlfriend, suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Page allegedly stole his girlfriend's car and drove to a Hardee's in the 6300 block of Ramsey Street. Cops with Fayetteville police say he tried to steal a woman's car before shooting her.
Minutes later, he allegedly did the same thing in the parking lot of a Food Lion grocery store. Both victims were listed in stable condition at local hospitals. Cops quickly took Page into custody.
Leighanna Bullard, in an interview with local NBC affiliate WRAL, identified the victim at the Food Lion as her 24-year-old sister Izzy Dolin. Bullard said her sister was grabbing a cup of coffee at the grocery store before work.
"He said, 'I need this car,' and she kind of laughed it off at him at first. He did push her, and then he shot her in the face," Bullard told the TV station.
Bystander Derrick Hicks told WRAL he saw the incident unfolding and went to help Dolin.
"As soon as I got closer, he was checking her pockets. And then right when I got up on her, he got in his car and left," Hicks recalled.
He rendered aid until paramedics arrived.
"I don't feel like a hero, just a normal person trying to help out whatever way I can," he told the outlet. "One message I do have for her family: She is a strong, young lady. She is strong."
Page is in the Cumberland County Jail without bond. He is next slated to appear in court on Sept. 16.