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Trick-or-treat boy killed in US Trick-or-treat boy killed in US
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A 12-year-old has been shot dead while trick-or-treating with his family in the US state of South Carolina. A man who feared he was being robbed has shot dead a 12-year-old boy out trick-or-treating with his family in South Carolina, police say.
The boy's father and brother were also wounded by gunfire, police said. TJ Darrisaw died in hospital on Friday night having been hit several times as he stood with his brothers and father outside a house in Sumter.
The shooting occurred in Sumter at about 2030 (0030 GMT) when the family approached a house and a man fired on them from inside the property. His father and one of his brothers were also wounded by gunfire, police said.
A 22-year-old suspect, Quentin Patrick, is in custody, charged with murder and assault and battery with intent to kill, prison officials said. Quentin Patrick, 22, has been charged with murder, assault and battery with intent to kill.
Mr Patrick, who said he had been robbed and shot before, fired 29 rounds with an AK-47 assault through his front door, walls and windows when he heard knocking at the door around 2030 (0030 GMT), police said.
"He wasn't going to be robbed again, and he wasn't going to be shot again," Sumter police chief Patty Patterson told the Associated Press news agency.
'Tragic evening''Tragic evening'
As the family stood at the door of the house, they heard what they thought were fireworks, Sumter police chief Patty Patterson said. Returning from a Halloween party, the family had stopped at the house to ask for sweets because they saw a porch light was on, police said.
The 12-year-old, his father and one of his three brothers were hit by bullets. The boy died in hospital, while his relatives' injuries were non-life-threatening, officials said. While his mother waited in a nearby car with a baby, TJ Darrisaw and his two brothers approached the house with their father.
"The investigation is continuing into what has been a very tragic evening," Ms Patterson was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. At least two of the boys were wearing Halloween costumes, police said, and they initially thought shots being fired at them were fireworks.
"Our sorrow and sympathy goes out to this family." TJ Darrisaw's nine-year-old brother, Ahmadre, and their father, Freddie Grinnell, were later released after receiving hospital treatment.
She said there were other people inside the house at the time of the incident, but she did not expect any of them to be charged.
A neighbour said he had heard a loud noise but had dismissed it as Halloween mischief.A neighbour said he had heard a loud noise but had dismissed it as Halloween mischief.