Bystanders hit man with frozen turkey during carjacking

Fuquay-Varina police arrested a man whom bystanders say they hit with a frozen turkey when he allegedly carjacked a woman's sedan outside a grocery store.

The man took money from a cash register at a BP gas station at Ten-Ten Road and US. Highway 401 around 11:30 a.m., Garner police said. He then crossed Ten-Ten Road to the parking lot of a Harris Teeter store and approached Irene Moorman Bailey, who was loading groceries in her car.

Witnesses told police that the man started beating Bailey in the face, trying to get her keys. “The lady was being beaten on the ground. She was lying on the ground, and the guy was on top of her – physically hitting her,” shopper Randy Owens said.

Bystanders intervened and hit the man in the head with a frozen turkey that Bailey had bought, police said.

The man managed to get into Bailey's 2001 Nissan Maxima and hit five other cars while escaping from the parking lot, officers said.

Officers found Fred Ervin, 30, in Bailey's car in Garner, Fuquay-Varina police said. Ervin was taken to WakeMed with a serious head wound. He was listed in fair condition.

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