Police Identify 5-Year-Old Girl Killed In Charlotte Shooting

CHARLOTTE, NC — A 14-year-old boy was charged with the death of a 5-year-old girl after she was shot and killed in Charlotte Wednesday night, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said.

The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m in an apartment in the 6700 block of Elgywood Lane in Hidden Valley.

CMPD officers responded to the apartment after receiving an emergency call, and found Amani Barringer, 5, with a life-threatening gunshot wound. She was transported to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

"When officers in the North Tryon Division were conducting the preliminary investigation, they located a 14-year-old suspect still on scene," CMPD said in a statement. "At the conclusion of the suspect’s interview with Homicide Unit detectives, he was charged with involuntary manslaughter."

According to reports, the 14-year-old and a 15-year-old were in the home at the time of the shooting, but no adults were present.

The girl's death was the 84th homicide in Charlotte this year, which has prompted frustration for CMPD officers, WSOC reported.

"This is the fourth homicide I’ve been to this week and asking for people to care," CMPD Maj Ryan Butler said following the shooting, WSOC reported. "I can talk until I’m blue in the face ... If you don’t have an emotional response about a 5-year-old little girl who is shot in the neck and now deceased, I can’t part that humanity upon you.”

CMPD said the investigation into the case remains active and ongoing and said that anyone with information may leave information anonymously with Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.