Man Accused of Shooting 6-Year-Old Girl, Parents Arrested in Florida

Man Accused of Shooting 6-Year-Old Girl, Parents Arrested in Florida
Kinsley White, 6, shows reporters a wound left on her face, in Gastonia, N.C., on April 20, 2023. Kara Fohner/The Gaston Gazette via AP
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GASTONIA, N.C.—A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard was arrested in Florida Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

Robert Louis Singletary, 24, was arrested in the Tampa area by Hillsborough County deputies, according to online jail records. He was being held without bail on a fugitive warrant. He’s scheduled to appear in court Friday.