Global Courant 2023-04-21 06:19:52
A man accused of shooting a 6-year-old girl and two others after a basketball rolled into his North Carolina yard was arrested in Florida on Thursday.
Robert Singletary, 24, has surrendered to authorities in Tampa, Florida, according to Gaston County Police. The Hillsborough County Sheriff confirmed his identity shortly before 7 p.m
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Robert Singletary, 24, allegedly shot three people after a basketball rolled into his North Carolina yard. (Gaston County Police Department)
Singletary allegedly opened fire in Gastonia at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday evening, wounding James White, who is still in serious condition, Ashley Hilderbrand, who suffered an abrasion, and the child. Another person was shot at, but not hit, police said.
Relatives told Queen City News that the violent incident stemmed from a basketball rolling into Singletary’s yard while a group of children were playing a game.
“He came out with a gun, he started shooting,” the injured child, identified by relatives as Kinsley White, told the news outlet. “I hope my father is well.”
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Hilderbrand, the child’s mother, told the news station she heard “pow, pow, pow, pow, and I thought it was fireworks. Then I heard it pow, pow, pow, and everyone started screaming, get in , enter the house, enter the house, enter the house.”
Singletary is expected to appear in a Florida court on Friday.
