Intruder severely cut in altercation during break-in at Holly Grove Deliverance Church, Eagle Springs

Shortly before 2 p.m. on Monday, 12 October 2026, authorities were called to Holly Grove Deliverance Church on Highway 211 in Eagle Springs, North Carolina, for a reported breaking and entering. A church member had arrived, found that a man had broken into the building and called 911, but the two men got into an altercation before deputies arrived. One of them produced a bladed weapon, and the suspected intruder was seriously wounded; authorities did not say which man had the weapon. The suspect ran into the woods behind the church, bleeding heavily from his arm, and was later flown to a trauma center. The Moore County Sheriff's Office is investigating.

Church break-in that ended in a bladed-weapon injury. The single injury is the suspected intruder. Coordinates are the Nominatim hamlet pin for Eagle Springs (the church did not resolve), labeled approximate.