North Carolina county under curfew after gun attack on 2 substations cuts power to 45,000

Residents of Moore County, North Carolina, were under curfew Sunday night and school was canceled Monday after a group or person shot up and badly damaged two power substations Saturday night. "The person who did this knew what they were doing," Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said at a news conference Sunday. "It appears they were trying to shut down the county."

"I can promise you, to the perpetrators out there, we will find you," Fields said.

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