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A 6-year-old girl and her parents were shot by man over a basketball

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On Tuesday evening, the Gaston County Police Department quickly responded to a call about a shooting in the area. The investigation revealed that 24-year-old Robert Louis Singletary had shot one adult male and one adolescent female, and that an additional woman sustained minor gunshot wounds, while a second adult male had been shot at. The uproar started when a basketball belonging to a group of neighborhood children rolled into Singletary’s yard. Allegedly, unloaded a gun …

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Mom kills her three children in horrific murder-suicide while on a FaceTime call

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In a devastating incident, a mother is believed to have fatally shot her three children before turning the gun on herself in their North Carolina home on Tuesday. According to authorities, the tragic event unfolded during a Facetime call, leaving the person on the other end of the line as a horrified witness. The deceased victims have been identified as sisters Sakendra Syann Steele, aged 9, and Sakenya Syretha Steele, aged 12, and their brother …

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Body of missing college student found near church, police investigate

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Federal authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ashanti Billie, a 19-year-old college student who went missing from Virginia last month. Ashanti’s body was discovered behind a church in Charlotte, North Carolina, over 300 miles from where she was last seen in Norfolk on September 18, according to an FBI spokesperson from the Norfolk office. Ashanti, a student at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach, was last seen on her way to work …

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Murder Investigation Underway after Dismembered Body Found in Concrete-Filled Barrel

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A man who disappeared over a month ago has been identified as the dismembered body found inside a concrete-filled barrel in North Carolina. Michael Bradley Cox had been reported missing in December 2022, and authorities have now charged Jackie Lamar Bright with his murder. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a home and connecting parcel of land in Sanford on January 25, where detectives discovered the 55-gallon barrel containing concrete and …

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Investigation Underway After Man Dies in Raleigh Police Custody

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Six police officers in Raleigh, North Carolina are currently on administrative leave while an investigation is being conducted following the death of 32-year-old Darryl Tyree Williams last month. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation into the incident, and its findings will be presented to the Wake County District Attorney. Footage from the incident, including body camera footage from the officers involved, has been released following authorization from a Wake …

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North Carolina Man Kills Wife And Three Children

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Police say a mentally ill man opened fire inside his North Carolina home, killing his wife and three children before killing himself. Police said Robert J. Crayton Jr., 45, fatally shot Athalia A. Crayton, 46, Kasin Crayton, 18, and two other children, 16 and 10, on Saturday morning. We’ve never seen anything like this in our 27 years in this police department,” said Travis Stroud, High Point’s police chief. “Clearly a significant incident for us …

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A Woman Seeking Revenge On An Ex-Boyfriend Sets Strangers House On Fire

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A North Carolina woman apparently seeking revenge on her ex-boyfriend tried to set fire to a house owned by someone else, according to a sheriff’s office. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said in a report that a homeowner in Gold Hill was awakened Friday by a neighbor who saw a woman trying to torch his house. The suspect loaded bundles of wood doused in oil to set a fire on the victims front porch. As …

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