Witnesses say Robert Louis Singletary, 24, opened fire on neighbors after a basketball rolled into his Gastonia, N.C., yard. WCNC’s Kayland Hagwood reports.
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#WCNC #NorthCarolina #Shooting
This happens everyday… stay armed ppl, the wild animals are roaming the streets
Animals don’t shoot people.
Throw him under the jail
Another “responsible gun owner” thinks he’s a tough guy for shooting a kid.
Responsible gun owners are not felons after hitting their loved ones in the heads with sledgehammers. Actually, they legally couldn’t be.
Blacks are violent
Believe nothing the media or government tells you.
Adjust your tinfoil hat, Brian. It’s crooked again
I hope they have to shoot the piece of s*** nobody cares how come re-rack has a gun
Cowards with guns
The racism is so real against whites when it comes to media coverage. An old white man shoots a black teen and CNN and others gush over the racism. A black cheerleader getting into the wrong car is shot by Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. (an Hispanic man)
And a Robert Singletary (a black man) shoots a white, six year old girl because her ball rolled into his yard! Zero race mentioned, even somewhat hard to find the story. Whites getting shot gets crickets or who cares, and if a nonwhite shoots a black person no mention of race. This is nonwhite privilege.
New title of the clip “black man shots at white dad and 6 yr old white girl”
ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS SHOULD CONCEAL CARRY. That way you can fight back and have a chance
This was a Black on White hate crime.
*Why are we not hearing about colors of parties involved AD NAUSEAM like the Kansas homeowner shooting!*
They need to study the people who do these things; and figure out what is controlling their thoughts; if they were studied; things might emerge that was not considered previously; combination of economic, psychological, sociological, health status, etc; then have a computer correlate all the data.😊
Nothing to study. Literally a different species, highly aggressive and lacking critical thinking
I’m beginning to think it’s all the crap and additives in our food building up in our brains over time and also building up in babies still in the womb .
Bad parenting never holding him accountable. Narcissistic, self entitled. There – that is your data.
🤔🤔🤔I thought they love basketball ball?🤔🤔🤔
This unnecessary gun violence is absurd especially on children.
Another good guy with a gun?
Not at all he’s clearly the badguy. I know this is a straw man but this is not even trying.
Shooting A Child After A Basketball Roll Into His Yard Makes Me Think There Had To Have Been More To It. If He Did It Let Justice Ring For Da Child & Her Father.
Yeah, racism
Welcome to North Carolina, maga republiklans politicians keep giving guns to these nut job
BLACK MAN SHOT A WHITE GIRL. HE IS A RACIST, THIS IS A RACE CRIME.
Where is the NAACP now?
Why can’t neighbors or people just do like in the good old days, have a regular good old swing at each other. Not a pack of people. Just one on one.?????
Doesn’t make sense. Why didn’t the hospital clean the little girl’s wound and bandage her up b4 her interview? They’re acting/lying. Looking for a Go Fund Me.
Is Biden going to call this family to offer support? Probably not…
No
He only cares about nee gros
@Democratic FBI Actually he doesn’t care about anyone except his family. He just pretends he cares about black folks to get their votes. I wish black people would wake up & see the light, that they’re just being used 💔🙏😞
Definitely a Hate Crime
when your afraid of children,,,you only use one bullit to end the madness.
The GOP and NRA would be so proud of this shooter. Another weirdo with a gun and they support even more access to them.
Wouldn’t blm be in support of this guy they love criminals
Mugshot looks like a fine upstanding individual that would make a great addition to any neighborhood. I’m sure he’s always willing to lend a helping hand.
I think he was getting ready to go back to college
I’m sure he was a busy doctor or scientist. No doubt!
goes to church every sunday
We need a solution to stop all crime and violence. Only the *Creative* *Society* will protect every human life and guarantee well-being and security.
Rahowa
@Adam Braun In our cruel world, human life has no value. The only priorities are ροwer and money.
We need a new model of society in which people will remember that they are human beings, not beasts.
The Creative Society is an international project that is implemented by volunteers in 180 countries. This is our real opportunity to change the world for the better and provide stability, security and a high standard of living for everyone.
On April 22nd there will be an international online forum *”Global* *crisis.* *There* *is* *a* *way* *out “* that will raise vital topics. Please jοin.
Why did the “victim” chuckle after stating that the child suffered a facial bullet fragment???🫤😵💫🥴
Wait…….he was out on bail for a violent crime and was still allowed to buy a firearm?
Its the American way…God gave him the Right to own guns
No he illegally obtained the firearm he is now facing charges and they are trying to find out who got him the gun.
@VadulTharys so there are laws that prevent him from purchasing a firearm in place?
Do gun laws work? How did this man get a gun if there are gun laws to prevent it from happening?
Looking forward to the call from the President and the invitation to the White House. Except they won’t be invited or called, and we all know why.
I hope they get that black racist pos
So he cares about the race he’s part of and flies black nationalist flags?
One more reason to show why white people leave when they see black enter their neighborhood lol.
Why aren’t there people protesting at the killers house? Oh cuz the killer is a basketball American? Nice dude 👌
Well, well, well. I do have to wonder if this story will generate as much traction as the Ralph Yarl shooting? What’s the difference between the two shootings, except for the race of the shooter and the victim? It sure is interesting that Robert Louis Singletary is not described by his race like Mr Lester was. The double standard is so clear cut.
It’s fu¢ked uo
Yep. And as long as there’s a double standard there will always be racism. And that’s what they want. I wish people would see this 😞
C’mon, I’m sure they just forget….every single time!😂
The news headline should read ” black man shoots white 6 year old girl. Because if it were reversed the white man would be part of the headline. Double standard
I’m just glad they are alive 🙁
Mmmmm?? No mention of race?? Wonder why??
Because you still believe in Egalitarianism
Ban ammunition not guns. Free America.
wow NBC news if it was a white who shot a six year old black child your story will be a whiteman shots a black child.
He is beyond rehabilitation.
Hold on guys,
“we don’t know the full story”
“They were on private property”
“They were trying to break in”
“That’s what happens when you trespass”
You don’t know what your talking about he shot them because he’s full of hate and he’s blinded by racism
Nothing can be done, says the only country where this regularly happens.
Who else is sick and tired of stories like these? It’s time to act and protect the citizens.
Yeah he was just waiting for a opportunity to use his gun
Sorry that’s what it appears like
Was this shooting racial?
Where’s the outrage?
Seems like a hate crime to me.
@Adam Braun Are you aware of the content of the video? Or you just spitting out big words?
Also if Dylan Mulvaney had a sister, she’d have to be way hot.
@Adam Braun Need to quit using tin foil and get you a pipe
Why everytime a racist shoot a black kid somebody black end up shooting somebody white? Lol. It’s bs.
He should have never been released. He attacked his gf with a sledgehammer in December.
Get the kkk after him
Hopefully he doesn’t get found. We need more killers
Interesting. Now that the races are reversed, suddenly it’s “gun” violence!
Ah, the sign of those criminal who used to think they are very impotant but be shock after see their real value and be look down everywhere.
Hope they find the coward and string him up by b….
By liberal logic, this was racially motivated.
No mention of race now huh? Guess it doesn’t fit your racist leftist narrative.
Hate crime
You still believe in Egalitarianism
How come no protest for the father and daughter? It was a deliberate attempt at murder, oh wait i see the mugshot, that’s why……
The shooter is a racist POS this is a hate crime he shot them because there white it wasn’t about a basketball in his yard this is the news media covering up for a racist
They’ve changed everything lately…women and children were always off limits…they’ve showed their hand.
He will be free before the child’s face heals.
Hope old Singletary friends put plenty of Vaseline on his canteen caues he’s going to need it.
Surely there is more to the story than that. How far was the guy pushed ? Don’t expect to push someone to their limits without repercussions.
Neighbor? You mean black man, right? Ohhhh can’t say that. Unless he was white and the family was black. Say it then. Ridiculous.
Why are americans so forgiving of black crimes? Dont you see the obvisous. Look at ANY country who welcomed blacks into their country.
Black privilege
Lincoln was right. We should’ve sent them all back.
Dude probably was mad over how they’ve been shooting and brutalizing our kids for less. Kids should never be harmed in this senseless manner tho and he should be taking off the streets
WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY PROTEST IN THE STREETS ????
WHERE IS THE RACE BAITER ATTORNEY AT?? OH THIS DOESN’T FIT THE NARRATIVE………
They always run🏃🏿 😂😅
Sad, but tragically, this is the norm these days.
Only thing we can do is endure and move on
The love Americans have for their gun rights far surpasses the love they have for their kids
He’ll be out on bond soon, we all know why
Notice liberal media CLEARLY STATED the race of the white man that shot the black kid for knocking on his door the other day, and made claims it could be racial?
Now no vocal mention of race, no claims of racism, they did show a picture of the shooter, but where is all the same racial outrage?
Liberal media is garbage, and they are actively stirring up race tensions, but only in one direction.
They are partly responsible for this shooting, the black guy hate whites, because of the liberal narrative.
Welcome to blm America
Let’s go find his family now
It’s not safe to raise a family around blacks.
0:50 this guy is not black man.
Call it what it is. A HATE CRIME BY A RACIST!!! FACTS!!! Another angry black man that we’re supposed to feel sorry for and understand
I would never live next to them. For this exact reason.
Let’s swap the races. Here, I’ll provide the adjusted headline for you, NBC:
“Racism suspected motive in shooting”
Wow. Look how easy that is.
Black person again. That is why people get scared and defensive against black people statiscally. Odds of being danger is higher than other race but second white. It comes down to education at home and school. Cultureal issue
Black man shoots 6 year old WHITE girl. There I corrected your headline free of charge
Strange how race never comes into it when it doesn’t fit the agenda!🙄
Wait so a basketball rolls into your yard, and you…. Wait WHAT!
Of course a black man
Old white guy shots black teen breaking into house at night is racist but this isn’t huh. Keep pushing the narrative till this is in all our front yards n doorsteps
Self defense stand ur ground murika castle that basketball could have been concealing a small explosive device the man was simply firing warning shots I blame it on the children 😜🧐😈
Just imagine if the roles were reversed and you ALL know that this story would be getting tons of coverage on major news networks, as well as some “mostly peaceful protests” would be going down
Probably wanted the basketball
If teenage males and black males were banned from gun ownership, there would be no major gun problem in the united states. Thousands and thousands less people would die, each year
I hope they find him. I hope he get rammed in prison.
Full blown.
He’s gonna be holding pockets for life.
Should this be charged as a hate crime? Where’s the outrage? Oh, it’s becUse the victims family is huuywiteee. No justice. The shooter will likely get out next week
Hate crime? No, just another black guy trying to murder white people. News blackout starts…..now.
Another don’t thread on me a*hole
These Democrat BLM types are out of CONTROL! ❤️🙏
This was a hate crime plain and simple. Because this was a black guy and the victims were white nothing will be done.
Do you want to see the height of hypocrisy and double standards perpetuated by lame stream news? Search this in any browser “shot by white man”. Of course you will see many headlines stating WHITE person shoots BLACK person, usually in the headline.
Then search “6 year old girl shot”. You will not see the work black at all. Not in a headline, not in the story. NOT IN THIS STORY.
A RACIST BLACK MAN tried to murder a WHITE GIRL and her father. That is what the headline should say. Because that is the standard applied by the media, when a white person shoots a black person. Racism is always assumed when a white person pulls the trigger. Yet blacks murder whites in this country, at a statistically alarming rate. We should not point that out though?
NPR actually said – “Authorities describe him as 6 feet, 2 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes, weighing about 225 pounds”.
Stop dividing us! Report the news truthfully, with journalistic integrity, the way you were taught in your left wing colleges, run by marxists and communists. LOL, we are lost, the USA is lost.
Why is this story not on msnbc i would love to see there reaction racsist network