A search is ongoing in North Carolina for assailants who shot four mourners, including a 6-year-old child and a teenager, at an outdoor celebration of life service for a homicide victim, authorities say.
Using research and statistics, experts examine America's history with guns, the real-life impacts of gun violence and what can be done going forward to mitigate the problem.four mourners, including a 6-year-old child and a teenager, at an outdoor celebration of life service for a homicide victim, according to police.
"Six-year-old kids are supposed to be hurt from falling off bicycles, from ... tripping and falling, not from gunfire," an emotional Williams said in a video statement."Whoever did this, you are a low-down dirty coward, and you shouldn't be able to look at yourself in the mirror each day." He said police officers were alerted by a ShotSpotter gunshot detection system, and when they got to the scene they initially found two men suffering from bullet wounds. While on the scene, officers discovered two more people shot, including the 6-year-old child and a 16-year-old boy, Williams said.
He asked anyone with knowledge about the shooting or the shooters to contact police, adding that anonymous information can be shared with investigators through the police department's tip line.
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