WASHINGTON - Two people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting incident occurred in a tire store in the US state of North Carolina on Friday afternoon.

According to a report by local WTVD TV station, the shooting took place just after 3 pm at J. T. Tire in Durham NC. The report said two people were killed and the owner of the business was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.

Law enforcement officers said there were five people shot by the gunfire. One of the dead was a female employee of the store and the other was a contract worker.

The gunman was still at large. No information was available as to the possible motive.