7-year-old boy killed by stray bullet during argument

A 7-year-old North Carolina boy hit by a stray bullet during an argument Thursday night has died.

Burlington police said the boy died Sunday morning

Police arrested Tremaine Armstrong, 18, and Kemontae Crosby, 21, on Thursday. Before the boy’s death, Armstrong had been charged with attempted murder and using a weapon in an occupied building, and Crosby was charged with accessory after the fact.

They are being held without bail pending their hearing Monday, jail records show.

Police said an argument preceded the shooting and that the boy was “sitting outside his apartment” when he was shot. Investigators said there were “over a dozen people” in the apartments where the shooting occurred and they were trying to speak to each of them.

Police declined to identify the victim, but family members told WFMY his name was Mason Jenkins. He died around 1 a.m. Sunday, his family said.

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(Featured image: Left, Tremaine Armstrong and right, Kemontae Crosby/Burlington Police Department. Center, Mason Jenkins/family handout via WFMY)