By Associated Press - Wednesday, April 7, 2021

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Police in North Carolina say they’ve arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a shooting that left a 4-year-old boy wounded.

The Winston-Salem Journal reported Tuesday that teenager is accused by the city’s police of firing a gun from a car toward a crowd of people.

The 4-year-old, Semaj Da-von Roseborough, was struck in his arm while he was playing on the sidewalk, police said. He was treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.



Police said the 17-year-old was driving a stolen vehicle when he was arrested. He is being held in juvenile detention. Police said he is the second person charged in Semaj’s shooting.

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