GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A 15-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday during a gathering at a North Carolina home, police said.
The shooting happened at about 6:30 p.m. in Goldsboro, WRAL reported.
The Goldsboro Police Department said the five who were wounded were stable and being treated at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The teen killed in the shooting has since been identified as Joyonna Pearsall according to WRAL which spoke to her family and cited her cousin in an updated story.
Goldsboro police were investigating what led to the shooting with help from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.
No further information was immediately released.
