A Goldsboro mother told WRAL News her 13-year-old daughter was shot and killed on Sunday. Goldsboro police say three juveniles are suspects in her death.
A Goldsboro mother told WRAL News her 13-year-old daughter was shot and killed on Sunday. Goldsboro police say three juveniles are suspects in her death.
According to the Goldsboro Police Department, officers were called around 4:40 p.m. to Alpha Court off Patetown Road and found a 13-year-old girl with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead when officers and EMS arrived.
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“She was lovely. She was in middle school. She was a good kid. She didn’t deserve this,” said Whitney Tune, the girl’s mother.
Goldsboro police on Monday said three juvenile suspects were identified, arrested and charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy.
A 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds were arrested without incident and taken to Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Greenville, where they are being held pending their first court appearance.
They did not provide information on what led up to the shooting and how the three teenagers were involved. The incident remains an ongoing investigation, and additional information is to be released as it becomes available.
Tune said the loss is devastating and worries about what this means for other families in the area.
“I’m heartbroken,” Tune continued. “My daughter’s gone. Christmas around the corner. She didn’t deserve this. She’s a little girl. She’s not coming home. It doesn’t matter where she lived, where she’d be; it shouldn’t happen. And there’s other little kids out here that are in danger as well, with the violence.”
