Every year, nearly 3000 children and teens die from gunfire, and nearly 14,000 are injured.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

17-year old boy killed and 2-year old girl injured during apparent home invasion in North Carolina

19-year old Kashif Antoine Lang was at his home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, when a group of young men attempted to get into the home through windows.  One of those young men was 17-year old Jashun Ladonte Ingram.

Lang opened fire, hitting and killing Ingram.

He also fired on a car in his driveway.  In the car was a 2-year old girl, who was wounded in the leg.

Lang was arrested.  The girl is expected to survive.

From an article and news video:
Kashif Antoine Lang, 19, is accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Jashun Ladonte Ingram at Lang’s home at 4144 Macarthur Street around 2:15 p.m. Monday. 
Police said Ingram and several others were involved in a disturbance with Lang and others in the home. 
Police said Ingram and his group were breaking home’s windows and trying to get inside at the time of the shooting. 
Winston-Salem police said Ingram was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency workers and firefighters responded. Police said he suffered multiple gunshot wounds. 
Police said a 2-year-old girl was shot in the leg while inside a Chrysler Pacifica in the driveway. Investigators removed the vehicle, full of bullet holes, from the scene. 
Police said the young female victim is expected to recover after being taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. 
Officers said they detained and identified several people inside and outside the residence until the scene was secured. 
Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division have assumed the ongoing investigation. Ingram’s autopsy is pending. 
Lang was charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
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