Police and U.S. Marshals are searching for a man who allegedly shot 6-year-old Kinsley White and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard in North Carolina this week.
Robert Louis Singletary is at large and wanted in connection to the shooting, which happened at approximately 7:44 p.m. local time on Tuesday, the Gaston County Police Department announced in asocial media statement.
Witnesses at the scene said Singletary, 24, became angry when the ball went into his yard.
“He looked at my husband and my daughter and told them, ‘I’m going to kill you,’ " Ashley Hilderbrand, the mother of Kinsley, toldABC News.
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Hilderbrand, her daughter and her partner, William White, were injured in the shooting. Kinsley — who received stitches for bullet fragments lodged in her face — and her mom were treated at the hospital and released.
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A representative for the Gaston County Police Department did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for an update on White’s condition or Singletary’s whereabouts.
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As police continue to search for Singletary — who was out on bond for a December assault in which he allegedly used a mini-sledgehammer to strike his girlfriend — they cautioned area residents to be aware and to stay indoors.
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“I want to say to the people of Gaston County — this sort of violence will not stand,” Chief Stephen M. Zill said.
Anyone with information about Singletary’s whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Brienza at 704-866-3320. Crime Stoppers of Gaston County is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.
source: people.com
