'Why Did You Shoot Me? Why Did You Shoot My Dad?' Thug Shoots 6yo Girl Along With Her Mother And Father After 'Basketball Rolls Into His Yard'

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Police are looking for a gunman after a 6-year-old girl and her parents were shot Tuesday night in Gaston County. Channel 9's Ken Lemon learned it all happened over a basketball that rolled into the suspect's yard.

The shooting happened in the area of April Drive and Grier Street, which is in a neighborhood south of Gastonia.

Neighbors said several young children were playing basketball when the ball rolled down the street and into Robert Singletary's yard. They said Singletary got mad and ran down the street, firing a gun at a neighbor.

They said Singletary then came back, shooting at William White as White ran with his 6-year-old daughter, Kinsley.

“Why did you shoot me? Why did you shoot my dad?”
6 yo Kinsley White has stitches from bullet fragments in her cheek. @gastoncountypd say Robert Singletary is on the run after firing shots on April Dr. last night. Kinsley’s mother & father were hit by shots too. The mom is home. pic.twitter.com/QAhw6XcZ1W

— Ken (@kenlemonWSOC9) April 19, 2023

Kinsley and her father were seriously hurt. Her mother, Ashley Hilderbrand, was grazed by a bullet and is back home now, but William White is still in the hospital.

"We don't even know the man," Kinsley said.

[...] Kinsley, who has stitches from bullet fragments in her cheek, is in a position no child should be in. She's worried about her father, who suffered the most serious injuries while he was trying to protect her. She spoke to Lemon while holding her grandfather's hand, with sadness in her eyes and the daunting question on her mind.

"Why did you shoot my daddy and me? Why did you shoot a kid's dad?" Kinsley asked.

Doug and I are praying for Ralph Yarl and his family as he fights for his life.

Let's be clear: No child should ever live in fear of being shot for ringing the wrong doorbell.

Every child deserves to be safe. That’s the America we are fighting for.

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) April 17, 2023

A girl and her parents were shot yesterday after a ball rolled into the wrong driveway

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