4-year-old child killed after gunfire hits several homes, police say

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A 4-year-old child was killed Sunday morning after gunfire hit multiple homes in northwest Charlotte, police said.

The shooting happened around 3 a.m. Sunday in a residential neighborhood on Grassy Patch Lane. Officers responded to a 911 call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon and arrived to find several homes hit by gunfire.

Police found two gunshot victims, including a child later identified as 4-year-old Caleb Flax, according to reports. Flax was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.

A second victim, an adult whose identity has not been released, was treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police have not released any suspect information and are investigating the fatal shooting as a homicide.