Gaston, NC An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot on a roadside as his stepfather and another man got out of their vehicles to continue an argument that started at a convenience store, authorities said. Kenneth Anderson, 11, died Friday afternoon, less than a day after he was wounded on a road near his home. The incident began Thursday night when Kenneth, his mother and stepfather were leaving a convenience store on N.C. Highway 46 west of Gaston, Northampton County Sheriff's Maj. Bill Wheeler said. The stepfather exchanged words in the parking lot with another man, then the family got in their car to drive home, Wheeler said. As they turned into a road toward their home, the other man's truck pulled behind them. "Both vehicles stopped, both drivers exited and words were exchanged again," Wheeler said. Kenneth's mother got out of the car, apparently "trying to quell the situation, and the suspect produced a small handgun and fired a round, striking the child." Investigators believe the man was firing at the stepfather, and that the two men didn't know each other. Kenneth was taken to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, where he died early Friday afternoon. Authorities issued a first-degree murder warrant for Robert Lee Vincent of Garysburg, who turned 65 on Thursday. Wheeler said he was believed to be driving a primer-gray pickup truck and could be armed and dangerous.
Boy Killed In Road Rage Incident
The boy was shot when his stepfather argued with another driver.
