
A 3-year-old boy was killed after a barrage of gunfire was aimed at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina
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A 3-year-old boy died and his sister was wounded inside a relative's home in Charlotte, North Carolina, after several people fired roughly 150 rounds of gunfire at the house, police said.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating the fatal shooting of Asiah Figueroa, who was sleeping at his great grandmother's house when he was fatally struck Tuesday before midnight. His 4-year-old sister was grazed during the shooting and is expected to survive, CMPD said. The police department released what appears to be surveillance video of the shooting, hoping the public can help identify the cars or the suspects. In the video, two vehicles drive on a street and stop in front of a house when multiple people exit the cars and start firing gunshots at the home. Police said 11 people were in the house when the shooting happened.
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