North Carolina church shooting leaves boy, 12, critically injured

January 29, 2014 00:09

Police in a North Carolina town are searching for a shooter who sprayed a church playground with gunfire, hitting four youths playing basketball and critically wounding a 12-year-old boy. The Reverend James Gailliard at Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount said the shooting took place Monday shortly before 6pm, as neighborhood teens played basketball on courts behind the sanctuary.

The pastor said he heard more than 15 gunshots and then comforted a boy shot in the head until the authorities arrived. The child was taken to a hospital by helicopter, where he remained in a critical condition. Police said the others shot '" who were aged 13, 17 and 19 '" were treated and released. The shooting came just over a week after a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed nearby.

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