Community mourns loss of young boy fatally shot in Riviera Beach April 15, 2021 at 5:06 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 5:51 PM
The Riviera Beach Police Department is still looking for the person responsible for
The shooting happened on AC Evans Street near President Barack Obama Highway just after midnight, targeting a family of four.
Chief Nathan Osgood said at least one assailant approached the home and fired multiple rounds into the residence.
However, details about the shooter or their location remain unknown. Balloons were placed outside a Riviera Beach family s home a day after a 7-year-old boy was fatally shot.
Balloons were placed outside the apartment complex Thursday as a growing memorial builds in honor of the young boy who was fatally shot.
7-year-old boy shot and killed while sleeping
Riviera Beach police searching for person who shot and killed a 7-year-old boy and wounded his mother Share Updated: 7:40 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021
Riviera Beach police searching for person who shot and killed a 7-year-old boy and wounded his mother Share Updated: 7:40 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021
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Show Transcript OF NOW, NO ARREST HAVE BEEN MADE. REPORTER: NO ARREST AT THIS TIME BUT THE POLICE CHIEF FEAR SAYS THIS WAS NO RANDOM SHOOTING. LOOK BEHIND ME, HE SAYS THE ASSAILANT CAME TO THIS IN PART MEANT CAME TO THIS APARTMENT TO INFLICT PAIN. RIVIERA BEACH POLICE CHIEF NATE OSGOOD IS SHOWING REPORTERS WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. HE SAYS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, THE SUSPECT FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS INTO THIS BEDROOM WINDOW WHERE A FAMILY OF FOUR WAS SLEEPING. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE HERE AT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX ON A.C. EVANS STREET AFTER RECEIVING A 911 CALL. AND ASSAILANT, AT LEAST ONE AND
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Sleeping 7-year-old boy is killed and his mom is injured when gunman fires into family s Florida apartment in targeted shooting at midnight just hours after neighborhood dispute
Boy identified by family as Dexter Fergusson Jr, 7, was shot multiple times and killed while sleeping inside his family s apartment in Riviera Beach, Florida
Dexter s mother, Addiscia Ball, 28, was shot once but survived
Police say shooting was targeted, and came after earlier call about dispute with upstairs neighbor
Gunman has not been identified and no arrests have been made
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