FLORENCE, S.C. — An 8-year-old boy visiting South Carolina from New Hampshire was shot and killed by an individual randomly firing a gun at passing automobiles from woods near his residence, authorities acknowledged.
killed as man shoots randomly at automobiles
Quarius Naqua Dunham died Sunday, a day after he was struck throughout the neck by a bullet whereas utilizing on a rural avenue in Florence County, Coroner Keith von Lutcken acknowledged.
The boy’s father was moreover hit by a bullet throughout the leg and survived, the coroner acknowledged.
Charles Montgomery Allen, 40, was arrested throughout the woods and charged with murder, tried murder and 4 counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied car, Florence County Sheriff T.J. Joye acknowledged.
The sheriff acknowledged Allen appeared to be extreme on medicine and deputies had dealt with him before now, nevertheless investigators aren’t constructive why he started capturing at automobiles Saturday.
“Solely a senseless, senseless act,” Joye suggested WBTW-TV.
Allen is being held with out bond and jail info did not level out if he had a lawyer.
A second driver who attended the bond listening to acknowledged a spherical hit the roof of his car as he drove on Earlier River Road.
“I noticed the gentleman was taking objective and I acknowledged, he’ll shoot as soon as extra, so I ducked and stepped on the accelerator to get earlier him and he shot as soon as extra,” Calvin Cade acknowledged.
Quarius was a third-grade pupil at Little Harbour School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
“An event like this touches our group as a complete,” Portsmouth colleges Superintendent Steve Zadravec wrote in a message to the group on Monday. “Our hearts are with the family as we help each other by this unbelievable tragedy.”
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