Cumberland County: Young child hospitalized after Spring Lake shooting

In Cumberland County, Spring Lake police are investigating a Tuesday afternoon report at a home on Kaye Street, near North Main Street and South Bragg Boulevard. A young child was taken to a hospital. The State Bureau of Investigation later told WRAL that the child had been shot and that the injuries are not life-threatening. A further ABC11 revision says the bureau told that station the child was reportedly 3 years old, and that police still had not confirmed an age.

What ABC11 reported at 6:51 p.m.

Penelope Lopez of ABC11 updated that story at 6:51 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 10, 2026. She wrote that the report came in around 2 p.m. and that the child went to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. The department could not give an age. It described the child only as young.

Investigators told the station they believed a shot had struck the child and that they could not confirm it yet. The SBI was already assisting, and a Child Protective Services worker was on scene. The same story said the condition was not known then.

Lt. Mitch Deaver of the Spring Lake Police Department told ABC11: "The scene was secured. The victim had been transported. And it is an ongoing investigation." He said officers were doing initial interviews, and he addressed "anybody who may have any knowledge of what transpired here."

A neighbor told ABC11 she heard gunshots and saw a woman crying while holding a child. That neighbor is not named in this file.

What WRAL reported at 8:33 p.m.

WRAL's story carries a time of 8:33 p.m. Eastern the same night. SBI agents told the station that the child who was hurt in Spring Lake had been shot on Tuesday. They said Spring Lake police had asked for help with an afternoon shooting report on Kaye Street. Authorities described the hospital case as non-life-threatening and said the inquiry remains open.

The two times are not one update. At 6:51 p.m., ABC11 still had the gunshot unconfirmed and the condition unknown. At 8:33 p.m., WRAL's account from the SBI and from authorities says a child was shot and describes the injuries as non-life-threatening.

What ABC11 added at 10:14 p.m.

ABC11 modified that story at 10:14 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 10, 2026. The station's page records the change as 2026-11-11T03:14:14Z. The revision places the home in the 100 block of Kaye Street. Police still could not give an age and still described the child as young. The same revision attributes a reported age of 3 to the State Bureau of Investigation. This file treats that figure as the bureau's report to the station, not as an age Spring Lake police confirmed.

That 10:14 p.m. version still left the child's condition unstated. It does not name the child. It does not describe an arrest or a charge.

WRAL's story was reread on the morning of Nov. 11. The page had not been modified after the 8:33 p.m. post. It still carried the non-life-threatening hospital line, and it still had no name, no age, and no charge.

Not released

The name has not been released. Police have not confirmed an age. The reported figure of 3 comes only from what ABC11 says the SBI told the station. Neither the 10:14 p.m. ABC11 account nor the 8:33 p.m. WRAL account says who fired, whether the shooting was accidental, or whether any arrest or charge has been filed. No house number is used here. The block is the one ABC11 printed.

Related coverage

Other Cumberland County stories are on the county page. The public safety section collects crime files. A separate October shooting, on Dandridge Drive in Fayetteville, is not this case: earlier file.

Triangle Local is not the Spring Lake Police Department, not the State Bureau of Investigation, and not an emergency service. If someone is in danger, call 911.

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