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The N.C. man accused of shooting a 6-year-old and her parents was arrested in Florida

Authorities say Robert Singletary turned himself in to the sheriff's office in Tampa on Thursday, two days and some 600 miles away from the shooting. One victim is still in the hospital.

The North Carolina man accused of shooting a 6-year-old and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard has been arrested in Florida following a two-day manhunt.

Robert Louis Singletary, 24, turned himself in to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Tampa — some 600 miles away from the shooting — on Thursday afternoon, .

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