CHARLOTTE — An 18-year-old man has been arrested as the sixth suspect in connection with the Sept. 20 shooting death of a 4-year-old child on Grassy Patch Lane in northwest Charlotte, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.
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Authorities said seven shooters operating two stolen vehicles fired more than 84 rounds into four homes within a one-minute timeframe on Grassy Patch Lane. One bullet killed 4-year-old Caleb Flax and a second bullet injured a neighbor in the leg.
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Dominic Springs faces charges of murder, attempted murder, four counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied residence and conspiracy to engage in a felony.
According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, the shooting was an act of vengeance following an earlier shooting on Silver Birch Drive. Police said the primary target of that initial attack was 17-year-old Ian Garland, a student at Mallard Creek High School.
In addition to Springs, authorities have filed charges against Garland, 16-year-old Ar’montae Johnson, 17-year-old Antonio Kahron Ladson, 16-year-old Jaylen Vontae Barber and 22-year-old Terrance Jackson.