Moore County investigators have applied for search warrants in substation shootings

Investigators working to uncover who shot up two electrical substations in Moore County, N.C. have now applied for multiple search warrants.

Forty-five thousand customers — representing nearly all residents in Moore County — lost power Saturday night shortly after 7 p.m. when one or more individuals used firearms to attack the substations. Most residents went nearly four days without power, facing temperatures as low as 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

Power was fully restored on Wednesday but schools in the county remain closed.

Chief Deputy Richard Maness said the Moore County Sheriff's Office had applied for several warrants over the past few days. Maness said the warrants are "under seal" and declined to confirm what property the warrants were for, or even whether they'd been carried out yet.

The State Bureau of Investigation is assisting the FBI as well as the Moore County Sheriff's Office to investigate.