WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Police in a North Carolina city say six people were shot in four separate incidents within a 17-hour period.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports police say two of the four incidents were related. One of them involved a man shot in the head.
The latest incident happened Monday, when officers found 18-year-old Irvin Marcial Ruiz lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest. Police said Ruiz is hospitalized in critical but stable condition on Tuesday.
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Investigators said Ruiz was a passenger in a car involved in a previous shooting.
Two other shootings occurred an hour apart late Sunday. In one of them, police said 20-year-old Cherokie DeMichael Williams was shot in the head at his home. Authorities say he is hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
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Information from: Winston-Salem Journal, https://www.journalnow.com
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