Five-year-old North Carolina boy killed by crossfire

RED SPRINGS, N.C. — A 5-year-old North Carolina boy was killed by crossfire between people fighting near state Highway 72.

Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins told news outlets that Alva Paisley Oxendine was wounded Wednesday night near Red Springs and pronounced dead at a hospital hours later.

The sheriff said in a statement that Alva was sitting in the back seat of his mother’s car when he was shot. Alva’s brother was also in the back seat but wasn’t wounded.

Wilkins said a planned fight between two groups led to the shooting. The Robesonian reported a recording of the fight was posted online. The sheriff’s office was investigating.

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