Emergency services were called to the Living Water Baptist Church at High Point at around 3.30pm local time. Further details and information about injuries are unclear at the time of writing.
Local news station WFMY News 2 reports a “heavy police presence” in the area.
Station reporter Ben Smart said: “High Point Police tell us a shooting happened here … Working to confirm details about what exactly happened and injuries.”
An image posted to Twitter shows multiple police cars parked outside of the church.
Mr Smart added the crowd seemed to contain roughly 50 people, and that the church “appeared to be surrounded in crime scene tape”.
High Point Police as well as Crime Scene Investigation and state bureau of investigation officials are in attendance.
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