A manhunt is underway in North Carolina for a suspect alleged to have shot a 6-year-old girl, her father and a third person after a basketball rolled into his yard.
Jonathan Robertson, who has lived in the Gaston County neighborhood for a decade, said the suspect, 24-year-old Robert Louis Singletary, was well-known for yelling at the neighborhood kids. He said it has happened on several occasions and that the catalyst for Tuesday night’s shooting was the children’s ball rolling into his yard.
“They were playing basketball, and a ball rolled into his yard. They went to go and get it. It was just crazy,” Robertson said. “We just never expected it in a million years. We never expected anybody would break a gun out amongst all those kids.”
Police said Singletary went inside his home and came out with a gun, firing wildly at neighbors. As parents were rushing to gather their children, William White and his 6-year-old daughter were struck. Another woman suffered a graze wound.
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