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A 12-year-old boy has been shot dead while playing trick-or-treat on Halloween night.
His family had decided to stop at some houses on the way home from a city event in Sumter, South Carolina.
As the boy's father approached a house with his four children, their mother waited in the car. When they reached the door, they heard what they thought were fireworks.
The boy, his father, and his brother were hit by gunfire from inside the house.
The boy died at the hospital, while his father and brother were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Shooting suspect Quentin Patrick, 22, has been charged with murder and three counts of assault and battery with intent to kill.
Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson said there were other people inside the house but they are not expected to be charged.
neighbour: "I'm surprised. Since I was here, I'd never heard of anything like that happening," he said.
"It's a quiet neighbourhood...........''
His family had decided to stop at some houses on the way home from a city event in Sumter, South Carolina.
As the boy's father approached a house with his four children, their mother waited in the car. When they reached the door, they heard what they thought were fireworks.
The boy, his father, and his brother were hit by gunfire from inside the house.
The boy died at the hospital, while his father and brother were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Shooting suspect Quentin Patrick, 22, has been charged with murder and three counts of assault and battery with intent to kill.
Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson said there were other people inside the house but they are not expected to be charged.
neighbour: "I'm surprised. Since I was here, I'd never heard of anything like that happening," he said.
"It's a quiet neighbourhood...........''
