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Zion Gibbs Update: Sierra Chambers charged as accomplice in fatal drive-by shooting of 7-year-old Fayetteville

Zion Gibbs Update: Sierra Chambers charged as accomplice in fatal drive-by shooting of 7-year-old Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Fayetteville police said thursday that a 19 year old woman has been arrested in connection with a Drive-by shooting in June causing the death of a young boy.

Sierra Chambers was charged with accessory to a crime in the June 7 death of 7-year-old Zion Gibbs in the 800 block of Danish Drive.

Zion died days later at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

Chambers was held in the Cumberland County Detention Center under a $100,000 bond

The case is still under investigation. FPD has not announced an arrest of a shooting suspect.

In September, the police announced that the weapon used in the shooting had been found.

Zion was in his Danish Drive home when a bullet from a drive-by shooting ripped through the walls and hit him.

Zion was a student at Benjamin Martin Elementary School.

Police also said in September that the gray Chrysler 200 believed to have been used in the drive-by shooting had also been found.

Anyone with information regarding this homicide investigation is asked to contact Detective S. Berrios at (910) 703-6243 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information may also be submitted electronically.

NOTE: Video is from a previous report.

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