Man charged with attempted murder after toddler, woman shot while in vehicle

Monday, June 8, 2020
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Goldsboro police arrested a man accused of shooting and injuring both a toddler and a woman on Saturday evening.

According to a news release, Goldsboro Police Department officers were investigating a shooting on Edgerton St just before 5:30 p.m. and found a car that had been shot.
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A short time later, officers learned a 3-year-old and woman went to the hospital after being shot in the car found on Edgerton St.

Police issued warrants for Tacarous Monquez Peterson, 27, on charges of attempted first-degree murder, firing into a moving vehicle and firing into a moving vehicle with serious injury.

On Sunday night, Peterson turned himself in to authorities. He is in jail on no bond.
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Police believe Peterson and the victim knew each other but are not in a relationship.
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