On October 15, 2023, at approximately 8:26 p.m. the Burke County Sheriff’s Office received a call in reference to a gunshot wound at River Valley Baptist Church located at 1945 Conley Bumgarner Road in Morganton.
Burke County Emergency Communications notified responding officers that the victim was an (approximately) 2-year-old child and had been shot in the head. Responding officers secured the scene and Emergency Medical Personnel assessed the patient and promptly requested helicopter transport by MedCenter Air to CMC Main in Charlotte, NC.
At the time of this release, the child patient was undergoing surgery and was in critical condition. The investigation is ongoing, and information will be released as the investigation develops.