Shooting in Fayetteville | Juvenile injured in drive-by shooting in Cumberland County, police say

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A juvenile was injured Friday morning in a drive-by shooting in Cumberland County.

Just after midnight, Fayetteville Police and other crews were called to the 800 block of Danish Drive in Fayetteville for a reported shooting.

Upon arrival, units said they discovered a juvenile had been shot. The victim was transported to a trauma center in critical condition.

Heavy gunfire could be heard on neighbors' security cameras. The sound was loud enough to shake some of the Ring doorbell cameras that captured moments when a car drove away.

There were at least 20 shell casings scattered across the street.

FPD did not immediately confirm the child's age, but neighbors told ABC11 the victim was younger than 10 years old. Police would not comment on the child's condition but said the child was taken to a trauma center after life-saving measures were taken at the scene. .

ABC11 learned Friday evening that the victim's father said his son was fighting for his life.

Residents said it was a terrible reminder of the pervasiveness of gun violence in the community.

“We need to get involved because you never know when these issues are going to knock on our door,” said Fon Dockery, an anti-gun violence advocate.

Dockery knows the pain of gun violence well. Her 8-year-old daughter, Jenesis, was shot and killed in August at the home of a babysitter. “I'm a little anxious and I'm reliving my phone call from that day,” he added.

He said it saddens him to see children continue to be victims of shootings.

“It impacts our community all the way down to little kids who look at their peers and kids their age and say, 'They're dying so fast.' So now you have a community of kids who are living in fear instead of living the good life that they have,” he said.

Dockery offered advice to the child's parents in this latest incident.

“There is support,” he said. “There are people who want to listen and there are people who will listen and need to hear what they are going to say.”

Cornelius Breazeale has lived on Danish Drive for over four years. He said he didn't wake up at the time of the shooting, but his brother called him to tell him his house was on television.

“I'll take a look out my window, the street was flooded with police and it was recorded, it's just a sad situation, man,” he said. “We're from Philadelphia and we left Philadelphia to get away from that and to come here and have to experience it…it's frustrating.

“There are way too many guns on the streets, people need to come together and look out for each other,” Breazeale said.