A 12-year-old boy fatally shot a man who forced into an apartment in North Carolina, authorities said Monday.
Goldsboro police responded to a shooting in South William Street at about 12:43 a.m. Saturday. According to police, two masked men entered the apartment, demanded money and shot one of the residents, Linda Ellis, 73, who identified a family member as the boy’s grandmother.
The police fired on the intruders and they flee.
Police said they found Khalil Herring, 19, of Goldsboro at a nearby intersection suffering from a gunshot wound. Herring and Ellis were taken to a hospital, where Herring was pronounced dead. Ellis was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Goldsboro is about 55 miles southeast of Raleigh, the state capital.
Evidence suggests that Herring was one of the two intruders, police said. The second suspect was not arrested.
A police spokesman declined to confirm the relationship between Ellis and the boy. Ellis ‘great cousin, Chiquita Coley, told Raleigh’s NBC affiliate WRAL that the boy is Ellis’ grandson. Coley and Ellis could not be immediately reached for comment.
It is expected that no charge will be filed against the boy.
