The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing a Sept. 5 double shooting in Leasburg, N.C., to see if it qualifies as ethnic intimidation.
Deputies found two black children, a 10-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy, who had been shot. They’re injuries were not life threatening.
John Clyde Fuqua, a white 52-year-old from Leasburg, was charged with two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and assault with a deadly weapon.
“In North Carolina, generally speaking, ethnic intimidation is a misdemeanor,” said Joel Brewer, district attorney for Caswell and Person counties. “The defendant is charged with two very serious felonies of shooting children. We did advise the U.S. Department of Justice, where ethnic intimidation is treated more seriously than the North Carolina legislature deems to treat it.”
Deputies held Fuqua on a $5,000 secured bond, which he posted.
A judge then increased the bond to $135,000 earlier in the week, and Fuqua was taken back into custody, Brewer said.
Deputies went to Brown Road after receiving two shots-fired 911 calls Sept. 5, according to a Caswell County Sheriff’s Office news release. They found two gunshot victims and a third 10-year-old who was not injured. The victims were treated at the scene, and their injuries were not life threatening.
Email
Facebook
Google
Twitter
Favorites
More
Advertisement