North Carolina parents accused of shooting 2-year-old son
May 26, 2021
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SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — Parents who said their 2-year-old son was the victim of a drive-by shooting have been arrested after detectives determined that they were responsible for the shooting, a North Carolina sheriff's office said Wednesday.
The shooting occurred at a Lawndale home on Mother's Day, May 9, the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Deputies said the boy was shot in the abdomen and rushed to a hospital in Shelby for emergency surgery to stabilize him before being flown to hospital in Charlotte.
The child is still hospitalized and recovering from his injuries, and the investigation is ongoing, the sheriff’s office says.