Young girl Amani Barringer, 5, was ‘accidentally shot by her brother, 14, and tragically killed,’ dad says
FIVE-YEAR-OLD Amani Barringer was allegedly shot on accident by her 14-year-old brother and tragically killed, their father said.
In a Facebook post, Walter L Barringer wrote: "To clear the air my 14yr old son accidentally shot my baby and 12 locked him up so I lost 2kids."
, and was taken to the hospital where she later died.
said that two teenagers, aged 14 and 15, were in the apartment at the time of the shooting.
The 14-year-old boy was charged with on Thursday morning, however, authorities have not revealed how the shooting took place.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Mayor Ryan Butler told reporters: "This morning, there was a five-year-old girl who got up and had breakfast and played. And now, that five-year-old girl is not with us anymore.
"And I don’t have a good explanation. And I know when I finish with my briefing you all are going to have questions on why and who and what, and what I can tell you is this: that none of that matters in a sense that, regardless of what caused it, there's a five-year-old little girl who's not alive right now."
Cops have been interviewing neighbors to try and determine what led to the incident and an investigation is ongoing.