Police seek 3 men in robbery, shooting at Dillon Red Roof Inn

DILLON, S.C. (WBTW) — Dillon city police are looking for three men after one of them fired a gun early Tuesday morning while allegedly robbing two people at the Red Roof Inn motel on Radford Boulevard.

No one was hurt in the shooting, but at least one window was broken, and a police report said there was a bullet hole in the wall behind a TV in the victims’ room.

Police responded to the motel at about 5 a.m. after getting a call about gunshots. One of the victims told officers they were asleep when three men wearing hoodies busted out a window with a landscraping brick and entered the room.

The men got away with an iPhone belonging to one of the victims, along with a gold chain valued at $7,500, a pocketbook and $100, the police report said. One of the men had a gun and tried to shoot one of the victims, but they person moved out of the way and was not hit.

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One of the victims said he watched the men leave the area in a black or blue car, the report said. The incident remains under investigation.

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