HICKORY, N.C. — Two men wearing ski mask carrying guns robbed the Boost Mobile store Wednesday night on Highway 70 SE, police said.
Nearby Catawba Valley Community College was placed under lockdown as a precaution because of the robbery in the area, college officials said.
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This was the second Boost Mobile robbery Wednesday in Hickory, but police can’t say if they were connected.
At 10:30 a.m., an armed robbery happened at the store at 2501 Springs Road NE.
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