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Little Girl, Parents Shot After Basketball Rolls Into Neighbor’s Yard: Report
Daily Beast ^ | Updated Apr. 20, 2023 3:54AM ET | AJ McDougall - Breaking News Reporter

Posted on 04/20/2023 7:29:40 AM PDT by Red Badger

A 6-year-old girl and her parents were injured by gunfire on Tuesday night after a basketball rolled down a residential street in North Carolina and into a man’s yard, enraging him, neighbors told WSOC-TV.

Witnesses told the station that the gunman ran up and down the street, firing until he ran out of bullets.

The Gaston County Police Department said Wednesday they were still hunting for the alleged gunman, identified as Robert Louis Singletary, a 24-year-old man described as “armed and dangerous.”

The young girl, Kinsley White, was hospitalized after being seriously wounded. She was released overnight, family members told Queen City News. Her father, William White, remains in the hospital.

“He came out with a gun, he started shooting,” Kinsley explained to the outlet. “Hope my daddy is OK.”

Her mother, Ashley Hilderbrand, was grazed by a bullet and treated at the scene. She told WSOC that she heard the gunman make a threat to her husband and daughter: “I’m going to kill you.”

He then chased them, firing, while William White tried to shield Kinsley, Hilderbrand said.

A fourth person was shot at but not injured, police said.

Singletary faces multiple charges, including four counts of first-degree attempted murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

In December, he was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend with what police described as a “mini sledgehammer.” He allegedly prevented her from leaving his apartment until she cleaned up the evidence of the assault. The woman was able to escape roughly two hours later.

Neighbors told WSOC that Singletary was new to the area and often got angry with children in the neighborhood.

Citing the ongoing investigation, a spokesperson for the Gaston County Police Department declined to confirm details of the case.

“I want to say to the people of Gaston County—this sort of violence will not stand,” Stephen Zill, the department’s chief, said in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday afternoon.

Police have partnered with the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force to find Singletary, Zill said.

“We don’t even know the man,” Kinsley told WSOC, appearing on camera with stitches in her cheek. “Why did you shoot my daddy and me? Why did you shoot a kid’s dad?”


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To: Red Badger
four counts of first-degree attempted murder

He (allegedly) shot three people, so I'm a little curious as to how that works.

81 posted on 04/20/2023 10:01:45 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Ikeon

Red Flag laws are bullshit and this guy lost his RKBA when he committed assault with a deadly weapon against his girlfriend.

WITH A HAMMER.

Hmmm ... maybe we need “red flag laws” for buying hammers?

What say you?


82 posted on 04/20/2023 10:04:43 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

“A fourth person was shot at but not injured, police said.”


83 posted on 04/20/2023 10:08:07 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Delta 21

Ask any mafioso ... a .22LR in the brain bucket pretty much a guaranteed kill.


84 posted on 04/20/2023 10:09:48 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ansel12

Ah so! Thanks. Missed that.


85 posted on 04/20/2023 10:12:04 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger

some neighborhood!


86 posted on 04/20/2023 10:17:14 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: NorthMountain

He shot AT a fourth person but missed.......................


87 posted on 04/20/2023 10:35:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: NorthMountain
A fourth person was shot at but not injured, police said.
88 posted on 04/20/2023 10:37:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Deo volente
The Lord cannot return soon enough.

I suspect His timing will be absolutely perfect.

89 posted on 04/20/2023 11:03:04 AM PDT by gitmo
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To: Right Brother

Or for voting for a Republican. Or for being white.


90 posted on 04/20/2023 11:05:33 AM PDT by gitmo
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To: Red Badger

My neighbor had a fit because one of our arrows ended up in his yard. He accused my kids of purposefully tossing stuff in his yard as he had a few other things. I had to keep the peace with him as my wife knows the wife and my girls babysit for them at times. Just wondering what a triggered little biatch he was.


91 posted on 04/20/2023 11:07:40 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: George J. Jetso

YOU ARE WRONG.

The guy needs to be put down. Just like a lot of loons do. He is a mad dog and will always be a problem until he is gone.

If there were justice equal to the offenses being committed there would be groups of armed men on a hunt to terminate this animal.


92 posted on 04/20/2023 11:19:31 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: George J. Jetso

No, he needs put down, period.


93 posted on 04/20/2023 11:20:51 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Bob434

I went on a 200+ mile sojourn from my area yesterday. It felt threatening. People are angry and have lost inhibitions. There is an undercurrent of pent up and not clearly understood rage.


94 posted on 04/20/2023 11:22:01 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Basically, yes, but not that there is a consistent number of incidents. My theory is that articles regarding these incidents are now being nationally reported by the lamestream media to strengthen the left’s national gun-grabbing agenda rather than just being reported by local or regional media as used to be the case. Its called fear porn (OMG! This could happen to you!)


95 posted on 04/20/2023 11:40:54 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: Red Badger

The joys of drugs-probably meth (IMO)


96 posted on 04/20/2023 12:05:23 PM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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To: Ikeon

Red Flag Laws are bull sh*t. Illegal, immoral, and unconstitutional.

You can’t arrest someone because they might commit a crime.


97 posted on 04/20/2023 12:10:23 PM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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To: Red Badger

Bkm


98 posted on 04/20/2023 1:17:55 PM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Red Badger; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...
“I want to say to the people of Gaston County—this sort of violence will not stand,” Stephen Zill, the department’s chief, said in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday afternoon.

You can say that all you want chief but the fact is this kinda stuff is SOP in your City and County and has been for probably for ever. I know in the 12 years I have lived a few Counties away it's been that way. And your scumbags go to Charlotte to spread the crimes out there and even venture up to Moorseville to try doing it here too but we're not going to put up with it and between the Citizens and LEO's we put a stop to most of it. Catch and Release doesn't fly up here either.

99 posted on 04/20/2023 4:31:05 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
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To: mabarker1

The guy was mental for sure and since it was a black on white shooting the MSM is mum on it.


100 posted on 04/20/2023 5:04:14 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Hold on tight to your dream)
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