Masked robber throws brick at woman’s head at Statesville smoke shop

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A masked man threw a brick at a woman’s head on Sunday during a robbery at a Statesville smoke shop.

Victoria Lundy tells WBTV that she’s grateful she didn’t suffer serious brain damage after the man threw a brick at her during a robbery on Sunday, Nov. 8. Lundy was working at the Statesville Discount Tobacco and Vape store on Wilkesboro Highway when it happened.

She told WBTV that she initially thought she had been shot in the head.

Lundy suffered injuries to her head and face that required more than two dozen stitches.

“The whole adrenaline, everything, was, ‘I have to make it out alive. That’s all I have to do,’” Lundy said.

Statesville police said the masked man got away with cash after the robbery.

Police released surveillance images of the man accused of throwing the brick at Lundy’s head. It shows him wearing all black clothes with a mask.

Lundy said that as she bled from her injuries, she thought about her five children. She was grateful some of them had not come to work with her that Sunday -- which they sometimes did.

“I have to stay awake, because I have to get home to my kids,” Lundy recounted. “That was the only thing that kept me going.”

Lundy hopes sharing her story will help prevent someone else from being hurt.

“I want him caught. I don’t want to be scared to go back to work,” Lundy said. “I 100% think he’ll do this again if he hasn’t already done this again. And it’s not worth it to anybody. We need to catch him.”

Statesville police were urging anyone with information to come forward.

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