Tens of thousands of Moore County residents are still without electricity after what officials say was a targeted attack on the local power grid.
Tom Markey, an employee at Betsy's Crepes in Southern Pines, North Carolina, sits next to power cords supplying a generator inside the restaurant on Dec. 5.Federal authorities are investigating electric outages in a North Carolina county that officials believe were caused by “targeted” shootings, leaving tens of thousands of people without power amid cold weather.
. The county, about 50 miles northwest of Fayetteville, has been under a state of emergency that includes a curfew and closed schools.The outages are being investigated as a criminal act after utility crews responding to the Saturday incident arrived at the two substations, which had multiple rounds fired at them, according to Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields.
Cooper said he met with local, state and federal law enforcement on Monday, as well as with Duke Energy officials in the county. He also said he visited one of the substations that were damaged in the shooting. . Kirby also said it is a major priority of the administration to shore up infrastructure against external threats.almost the entire Duke Energy customer base in Moore County
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