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A suspect is wanted for shooting a 6-year-old after a basketball rolled into his yard

Authorities are looking for the North Carolina man they say shot a kindergartner and three others. It's the fourth high-profile incident this week in which apparent mistakes were met with gunshots.
Robert Louis Singletary, 24, is facing four counts of attempted first-degree murder and other charges after Tuesday night's shooting.

Authorities are still looking for the suspect who shot a 6-year-old girl and several others after a basketball rolled into his yard.

Police in Gaston County, N.C., say 24-year-old Robert Louis Singletary shot three individuals shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday night in a neighborhood outside of Gastonia, a city about 20 miles west of Charlotte.

One man and one child were , a woman was grazed by a bullet and another man was "shot at but not injured.".

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