MOUNT AIRY, N.C.—Authorities say a North Carolina man has been arrested after two children were shot in a road rage incident.
Surry County officials say 41-year-old Byron Donnell Green of Mount Airy is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, discharging a weapon into an occupied property causing bodily injury and assault by pointing a gun. Bond for Green was set at $600,000.
Investigators say a 9-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl were shot on the afternoon of April 20 after Green became involved in a road rage incident with their father in the Flat Rock community of Mount Airy.
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The children were driven to the hospital by their father. The boy was treated and released, and the girl was reported in stable condition after undergoing surgery.
Father Shoots 2-Year-Old Son in the Face With a Shotgun: Officials
A Michigan father is accused of shooting his 2-year-old son in the face, according to prosecutors.
Michael Christopher Glance, 32, is now facing several felony charges in connection with the shooting. The boy, named Ryker Glance, was critically hurt in the incident.
Jackson County Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kati Rezmierski said Glance got involved in an argument with the boy’s mother before he intentionally shot the boy in the face with a shotgun, MLive.com reported.
Ryker is being treated at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital after the boy’s father, Michael Christopher Glance, allegedly shot him outside his home.
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The report noted that before the shooting he held a pistol to the boy’s head and pulled the trigger, but the gun didn’t go off.
WILX reported that the boy’s mother, Nicole McCarthy, grabbed the boy and ran to her car after the pistol malfunctioned.
But Glance grabbed a shotgun and pursued the two before he shot the boy as he was strapped into the car seat in the back of the mother’s vehicle.
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“He pointed the shotgun at the same 2-year-old son of his that was strapped defenseless in the back seat of the car,” Rezmierski told WILX. “He pointed it at him” and opened fire, he said.
Meanwhile, MLive reported that he also tried to shoot McCarthy with the pistol.
Family members said Ryker is getting the best medical care possible.
“The doctors at Mott are miracle workers,” the boy’s grandfather, Doug McCarthy told MLive.
He added that the toddler’s doctors are “fantastic,” adding that his family has “had so many people tell me they were praying for him and offering support.”
McCarthy hasn’t left Ryker’s side since the shooting, Doug McCarthy told MLive.
“Her children are her life,” he said before adding that she has a 10-year-old and 12-year-old daughter.
According to the report, Ryker is still in critical yet stable condition at C.S. Mott’s Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor.
If convicted, Glance faces up to life in prison for assault and attempted murder charges.
A judge set his bond for $10 million, and he is slated to appear in court on May 1.
Epoch Times reporter Jack Phillips contributed to this report.
