April 16, 2019 - 3:21 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. - Authorities say a North Carolina man had two young children and his girlfriend with him in a car when he fatally shot a man as he went to buy drugs.
The Wake County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets 26-year-old James Hooker of Fuquay-Varina is charged with murder and child abuse after Monday's fatal shooting. Arrest warrants indicate Hooker had a 2-week-old infant, a 1-year-old child and his girlfriend with him at the time. Investigators say 36-year-old Michael Antwan Farrington of Cary died at a hospital of a gunshot wound.
Hooker was jailed on a $100,000 bond on the child abuse charges and faced a scheduled court appearance Tuesday. Authorities didn't say whose children they were or identify them further.
It's not known if Hooker has an attorney.
News from © The Associated Press, 2019