Gastonia Police issued a shelter in place alert Tuesday evening while they searched for a suspect Robert Louis Singletary who they considered “armed and dangerous” and accused of shooting several people, including a juvenile.
Robert Singletary Gaston County Sheriff's Office
Singletary, 24, is believed to be responsible for shooting and injuring three victims on the 4700 block of Grier Street near April Drive.
Police said one of the victims was rushed to the CaroMont Regional Medical Center and is in critical condition; the other is stable. Authorities said a woman was grazed by a bullet but was not injured.
Earlier reports indicated that the child had died were apparently issued in error. The child has been released.
A fourth person was shot at but escaped injuries, police said.
Gaston County Police have obtained warrants on Singletary for his involvement in the shooting.
He’s facing several charges, including four counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and a count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
Late Tuesday night CP was alerted to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police helicopter orbiting an area in what is considered to be an ‘extensive search.’ Authorities continue to ask neighbors to stay indoors.
Singletary is described as a 6-foot-2 black man with brown eyes and black hair, weighing 223 pounds.
On December 2, 2022, Gastonia Police charged the Singletary in the assault of his 21-year-old girlfriend with a sledgehammer. They also charged Singletary with kidnapping by holding the victim inside his apartment and did not allow her to leave for over two hours, as well as Communicating Threats and possession of a firearm by a felon.
He was being held in the Gaston County jail on a $250,000 bond.
However on December 15th of last year he was released on an unsecured bond and a written promise to appear in Gaston County District Court on May 23, 2023.
The investigation is ongoing at this time. Anyone with further information is asked to contact Det. J. Brienza at 704-866-3320 or Crimestoppers at 704-861-8000. A Crimestoppers reward of up to $1,000 is available for information pertinent to the investigation.
Cedar's Take: The system is broken this guy should not have been released on an unsecured bond in December. PERIOD. His 2016 arrest and subsequent conviction in 2017 on AWDWISI plus parole violations plus time in juvilan custody resulted in his total incarceration time of more than six years already, 1/4 of his life behind bars is proof he is beyond redemption.
Judges and magistrates need to stop releasing violent felons on cash free bail.
As of April 19, 2023 0900 Singletary remains at large.
This is the same story over and over again. The same people (Black) doing the same thing over and over again.
ReplyDeleteYou get a traffic ticket no bail, you get popped for shoplifting no bail, you get arrested for domestic violence, no bail, shoot up a house or a car no bail, and the liberals scream about gun control?
We don't need gun control we need animal control. The POS is an animal and should have been in a cage.
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ReplyDeleteSo serious question why hasn't the media pointed out this POC was released on an unsecured bond? Given his record and past parole violations he should not have been released.
ReplyDeleteNoogies it is not their fault they are basically apes some less than others. You just have to jail those who can't be human. The way it has always been. Now we are trying to humanize the apes with BLM and it is not working.
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It’s always the same cop from South talking about noogies on here. Please come up with something creative or post nudes.
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