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S.C. man sought in three slayings in two states

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DOBSON, N.C. - A South Carolina man suspected of killing two people in North Carolina and one in his home state was sought Monday and thought to be in Georgia. <br> <br> Two people were shot shortly after midnight Monday morning during an apparent robbery at a convenience store near Interstate 77 near Dobson, about 15 miles south of the Virginia border northwest of Winston-Salem. <br> <br> Afterward, the suspect called news outlets in South Carolina and threatened to do more violence, Surry County Sheriff Connie Watson said. <br> <br> Quincy Allen, 22, was charged Monday with the shootings at a Citgo service station. The victims were store clerk Richard Hawks, 53, of Low Gap and customer Robert Shane Roush, 29, of Lancaster, Ohio. <br> <br> ``It appears he shot the clerk first without any confrontation,&#39;&#39; Watson said. ``Then he shot the patron, who had walked up to the cash register.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Allen was already being sought by South Carolina authorities, who charged him with fatally shooting Jedediah Harr last Thursday in Columbia, S.C. <br> <br> That shooting took place after Allen got into an argument with a passenger in Harr&#39;s car, said Lt. Joseph Pellicci of the Richland County Sheriff&#39;s Department in South Carolina. <br> <br> Police think Allen drove Roush&#39;s red 2002 Ford Explorer with Ohio tags and possibly headed south on I-77 through North Carolina. <br> <br> Pellicci said he was thought to be in the Atlanta area Monday night. <br> <br> Watson urged members of the public to be careful if they meet up with Allen, who is black, about 6-feet-tall and 160 pounds, and was believed to be armed with a shotgun. <br> <br> ``This individual apparently had in mind what he was going to do,&#39;&#39; he said. ``It appears he did not give these two individuals a chance at all.&#34;
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