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One Dead After Shooting At North Carolina Chicken Plant

A North Carolina sheriff's office says one person is dead after an early morning shooting at a poultry processing plant. The Duplin County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets that the shooting occurred shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of the House of Raeford chicken processing plant in Rose Hill. The sheriff's office says it has identified both the suspect and the victim, but their identities haven't yet been released. House of Raeford is headquartered in Rose Hill and also has plants in South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana.