Toddler, 2 Adults Killed by Gunman
A 2-year-old boy was struck and killed by a stray bullet and two adults died when a gunman burst into an apartment and opened fire, police said Tuesday.
The child was asleep in a bedroom when the boy’s uncle and the man’s girlfriend were shot in the living room of their apartment late Monday in the city’s Normal Heights neighborhood, Lt. Ray Sigwalt said.
The attack was apparently retribution for a dispute involving drugs, Sigwalt said.
Michael Plummer, 27, died at the apartment. His girlfriend, 18-year-old Adah Pearson of Lakeside, died later at Scripps Mercy Hospital.
Two-year-old Julio Rangel Jr. died at Children’s Hospital from a gunshot would to the head.
The gunman, who apparently was staying in a nearby apartment, fled and was being sought by police.
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