CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison after shooting into an apartment complex where families and children live, according to the Department of Justice.
On April 9, 37-year-old Robert Dale Emerson was sentenced to 105 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon. He pleaded guilty to that charge on June 20, 2025.
“Firing a gun into an apartment complex where families and children live shows a complete disregard for life and the law,” said U.S. Attorney Ferguson. “This thoughtless act could have killed someone going about their life at home. Those who terrorize innocent people in their homes will face federal charges, and the Court’s sentence today demonstrates they will pay the price.”
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According to court documents, on June 22, 2023, Emerson fired five or six shots into an occupied apartment from his vehicle. At the time, a family, including a child as young as one year old, lived at the apartment. Officials said no one was hurt during the shooting…