2023-04-22 09:57:00
Robert Louis Singletary, 24, allegedly opened fire on the evening of Tuesday April 18 in Gastonia following children who were playing sent their ball in front of his house.
A bloody neighborhood dispute. While children were playing with a basketball on a street in Gastonia, North Carolina in the United States, the ball had the misfortune to land in the courtyard in front of the house of the courtyard in front of the house of Robert Louis Singletary.
The 24-year-old man flew into an extreme rage and armed with a gun he started shooting. First in the direction of a local resident before aiming William White, the father of the petite Kinsley, 6 ansas reported WSOC-TV.
A shooting, the father still in serious condition
The father of the family was seriously injured and was taken to hospital. Hit in the back, the father of the family is still in serious condition. Robert Louis Singletary then shot the little girl Kinsley and her mother, Ashley Hilderbrand. Fortunately, the two victims only received bullet fragments.
The girl was hit in the cheek and had stitches.
The fugitive suspect
Once the magazine was empty, the man fled. An investigation has been opened for attempted first degree murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill causing serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon.
A message from the girl to the shooter
The little girl wanted to express herself following the tragedy and wanted to address her attacker by asking him: “Why did you shoot me? Why did you shoot my father?”
April 2023. Gastonia, North Carolina. This week, a Black male shot a White 6-year-old girl and her parents because a basketball rolled into his yard. Several young children were playing basketball when the ball rolled down the street and into Robert Singletary’s yard. They said… pic.twitter.com/cyEbO1jC6C
— Southern Man (@MagicBelle1) April 20, 2023
“Why did you shoot me? Why did you shoot my dad?”
6 yo Kinsley White has stitches from bullet fragments in her cheek. @gastoncountypd say Robert Singletary is on the run following firing shots on April Dr. last night. Kinsley’s mother & father were hit by shots too. The mom is home. pic.twitter.com/QAhw6XcZ1W— Ken (@kenlemonWSOC9) April 19, 2023
Robert Singletary who was wanted finally surrendered. He was arrested in Florida, over a thousand miles from his home.
He is also known to the courts. Last December, he was charged with assault and kidnapping following attacking his girlfriend with a hammer before sequestering it for several hours.
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