Vehicle containing 18-month-old boy shot on Bringle Ferry Road

Published 2:01 pm Wednesday, February 23, 2022

SALISBURY — Police say a car containing a man and his 18-month-old son was shot four times Monday afternoon on Bringle Ferry Road.

No one was injured in the shooting and there aren’t any named suspects in the incident.

The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. Monday when a man turned from Bringle Ferry Road onto North Shaver Street. The man told Salisbury Police he heard five gunshots. Four struck the passenger side of the vehicle. The 18-month-old boy was in the rear passenger seat of the vehicle.

A silver Mercedes was tailgating the victim’s vehicle, but police said it’s not clear the shots came from the Mercedes.

A police department report says the shooting was reported an hour and 15 minutes after it occurred.

In other Salisbury Police reports:

• A man’s wallet was stolen Tuesday in the 2000 block of Statesville Boulevard.

• A woman on Tuesday was the victim of a larceny from a vehicle in the 600 block of Mocksville Avenue.

• U-Haul of Arizona on Tuesday was the victim of a vehicle theft in the 1300 block of North Main Street.

• A man was the victim of credit card fraud Tuesday in the 200 block of Faith Road.

• Frankie Lee Williams, 39, was charged Tuesday with felony possession of a schedule two controlled substance in the 100 block of East Liberty Street.

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports:

• A juvenile was the victim of an assault with a dangerous weapon Tuesday in the 1100 block of Peeler Road in Salisbury.

• A drug overdose was reported Tuesday in the 100 block of Wood Lake Drive in Salisbury.

• Alicia Michelle Kennedy, 41, was charged Tuesday with a school attendance law violation in the 1400 block of Mt. Moriah Church Road in China Grove.

• Nathan Lee Reynolds, 36, was charged Tuesday with assault inflicting serious bodily injury in the 100 block of West Liberty Street in Salisbury.

• Jessica Elaine Kindley, 37, was charged Tuesday with a school attendance law violation in the 1000 block of Elm Tree Lane in China Grove.

• Wesley Maurice Robinson, 37, was charged Tuesday with possessing a controlled substance on a penal institute’s premises in the 100 block of West Liberty Street in Salisbury.

• Dexter Shawn Holmes, 53, was charged Tuesday with breaking and entering a building in the 5200 block of U.S. 601.