MOTOR VEHICLE. ALSO NEW AT NOON, GREENSBORO POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL PEOPLE THEY BELIEVE ARE CONNECTED TO A SHOOTING AND CARJACKING. INVESTIGATORS SAY OVERNIGHT YESTERDAY, A HOME ON HUNTLEY COURT WAS SHOT AT. THAT SAME HOME WAS SHOT AT ONCE AGAIN JUST LAST NIGHT. THANKFULLY, NO ONE INSIDE WAS INJURED. BUT A FEW MINUTES AFTER THAT SECOND SHOOTING, OFFICERS FOUND BULLETS IN ANOTHER HOME NEARBY ON FLAGG STREET. A FEW HOURS LATER, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND FIVE PEOPLE INSIDE A STOLEN CAR AT RAY WARREN HOMES ON EAST GATE CITY BOULEVARD. THEY RAN OFF BEFORE BEING CAUGHT UP BY POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED 218 YEAR OLD MEN. FANTASIA SHAW AND AMIRI WILSON.
Greensboro shootings: Arrests made after 2 homes shot into, plus a vehicle, and a carjacking
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Updated: 1:37 PM EDT Jun 5, 2023
Police have identified several people they believe are connected to several shootings and a carjacking from over the weekend.Greensboro police said it all started on Sunday around 12:45 a.m. as someone shot at a home on Huntley Court. Police said they discovered several bullet holes that entered the front of the home. However, they said an adult and three children inside were not injured. Top StoriesNorth Carolina homes damaged by fallen trees and debris after weekend stormWinston-Salem police looking for suspect in shooting Sunday nightSuspect accused of starting multiple fires in Burlington arrested, police sayLater that evening, around 5:45 p.m., police said the same home was struck several times once again by gunfire. Again, none of the three children or the adult was injured. Around the same time, police also received another report of a home in the area that was shot into on Flag Street. Police found several bullet holes in the home and also in a vehicle. They said the child and an adult at the home were uninjured. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking herePolice said a carjacking from earlier that morning, around 3:55 a.m. on South Raleigh Street, was connected to the various shootings. Officers later discovered the vehicle in Ray Warren Homes. When they approached it, they said five people fled from the vehicle. They said they detained all five and recovered two firearms. Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsPolice arrested Fontay Latiyf Shaw, 18, and Amiri Lashawn Wilson, 18, who are both charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling, discharging within city limits, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting, delaying or obstructing a law enforcement officer, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police also delivered a juvenile petition for a 15-year-old charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling. The teen is also facing other charges, including discharging within city limits, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting, delaying or obstructing a law enforcement officer, and possession of a firearm by a minor.Shaw and Wilson both received a $100,000 bond. Trending StoriesKeep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Police have identified several people they believe are connected to several shootings and a carjacking from over the weekend.
Greensboro police said it all started on Sunday around 12:45 a.m. as someone shot at a home on Huntley Court. Police said they discovered several bullet holes that entered the front of the home. However, they said an adult and three children inside were not injured.
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Later that evening, around 5:45 p.m., police said the same home was struck several times once again by gunfire. Again, none of the three children or the adult was injured.
Around the same time, police also received another report of a home in the area that was shot into on Flag Street. Police found several bullet holes in the home and also in a vehicle. They said the child and an adult at the home were uninjured.
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Police said a carjacking from earlier that morning, around 3:55 a.m. on South Raleigh Street, was connected to the various shootings.
Officers later discovered the vehicle in Ray Warren Homes. When they approached it, they said five people fled from the vehicle. They said they detained all five and recovered two firearms.
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Police arrested Fontay Latiyf Shaw, 18, and Amiri Lashawn Wilson, 18, who are both charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling, discharging within city limits, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting, delaying or obstructing a law enforcement officer, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Police also delivered a juvenile petition for a 15-year-old charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling. The teen is also facing other charges, including discharging within city limits, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting, delaying or obstructing a law enforcement officer, and possession of a firearm by a minor.
Shaw and Wilson both received a $100,000 bond.
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