WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A man has been charged after a child was struck by gunfire late Monday night.
According to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD), 20-year-old Jaquan Rouse-Moody was inside a nearby apartment when his firearm went off.
Police say the bullet traveled through the wall, hitting an 8-year-old girl in the leg.
WPD received a call to 340 S. Turners Run at 11:15 p.m. on June 23 about the incident and found the girl suffering a non-life-threatening gunshot wound…