Four shootings in six days made headlines because they all had one thing in common: a mistake led to tragedy. In the latest incident, a North Carolina man is accused of firing on a 6-year-old girl and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard.
L-R: Ralph Yarl, Kinsley White, Payton Washington, Kaylin Gillis, Baylor University via AP)and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard was arrested Thursday in Florida following a three-day manhunt.waived extradition to Gaston County, N.C.
in Austin, Texas, were shot by Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr., 25, after one of the teens reportedly mistakenly tried to get into the wrong car after practice. One of the victims, 18-year-old Payton Washington, was shot in the leg and back, and flown to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Payton’s father said the teen had her spleen removed and is now in stable condition, but remains in the ICU.
by Kevin Monahan, a 65-year-old homeowner, while driving in a car that mistakenly turned into the wrong driveway. Monohan was not cooperative with police, who, after booking him into Warren County Jail, said he had no reason to feel threatened. During a bail hearing Wednesday, Monahan was described as a man with a reputation for being “hot-tempered.” He was remanded without bail as
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