Road rager shoots girl, 5, bullet found in sippy cup: Cops
Share this @internewscast.com

Left inset: Charles Stevenson Jr. (Cary Police Department). Right inset: Ema, the 5-year-old girl that Charles Stevenson Jr. allegedly shot and injured in a road rage incident (GoFundMe). Background: First responders on U.S. 1 in Cary, N.C., on Monday July 30, 2025 (WRAL/YouTube).

A 20-year-old in North Carolina allegedly fired at a father driving in rush hour traffic with his 5-year-old daughter in the back seat, with the bullet passing through her leg and lodging in her sippy cup, as reported by police.

“What an image that is,” Aubree Allison, the victim”s aunt, told local NBC affiliate WRAL.

“It’s nothing that you hope happens in your own life,” she said.

Charles Stevenson Jr., of Raleigh, is charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle due to the alleged “road rage incident,” according to WRAL. Initially charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, the charge was upgraded by local prosecutors by the time Stevenson had his court bond hearing on Wednesday.

“One of your charges was dismissed as being recharged in a different way,” Wake County Judge Margaret Eagles told him, according to The News & Observer. “At this time, you’re going to be held with no bond on this charge.”

Love true crime? Sign up for our newsletter, The Law&Crime Docket, to get the latest real-life crime stories delivered right to your inbox.

Stevenson is accused of shooting a girl named Ema, whose last name is being withheld by media at the request of her family, while she was riding in a Ford F-150 with her father along U.S. 1 between the U.S. 64 offramp and Cary Parkway overpass on Monday. The dad allegedly told cops that Stevenson was driving erratically and had gotten into an altercation with another motorist before he set upon the father and his daughter.

According to the dad, Stevenson threw an object at the other motorist’s car, but it wound up hitting his F-150. The father rolled his window down and began yelling at Stevenson, which allegedly prompted him to fire a single shot from his gun.

“They found the bullet in her sippy cup,” said Ema’s mother, Gina, in an interview with WRAL. “He was attacking another car, trying to run her off the road,” she alleged.

Share this @internewscast.com
You May Also Like

Walmart Dispute: Shopper Justifies Attack on 79-Year-Old Over Line-Cutting Incident

Background: Bodycam footage from the Sunrise Police Department recorded after the alleged…

Judge Delivers Verdict for Man Accused of Brutal Assault on Toddler

Inset, left to right: Caroline Ruth Boggs and Jesse A. Sartin (Dearborn…

Decades-old ‘Lover’s Lane’ Murders Unraveled: Suspect Impersonated Law Enforcement, More Victims Feared

A Texas man recently apprehended in connection with the notorious “Lover’s Lane”…

Mother Allegedly Abducts Child’s Bully, Threatens Physical Harm Through Husband

A Utah mother finds herself facing serious charges after an incident involving…

Woman to Plead Guilty After Allegedly Blaming Toddler’s Death on Lack of Coordination

Inset, left to right: Eastyn Deronjic (Boulger Funeral Home) and Shiann Lynn…

Heart-Stopping Park Tragedy: Wife Witnesses Husband’s Fatal Shooting in Intense Hostage Standoff

Background: The scene of the shootout at a park in Roseville, California,…

Man’s Shocking Confession: ‘It Is What It Is’ After Confronting Girlfriend’s Ex During Babysitting Incident

An Indiana man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the ruthless…

Unbelievable Walmart Showdown: Woman Escapes Custody After Parking Lot Clash with Driver

Inset: Allie Barrentine (Bay County Jail). Background: A Walmart Supercenter in Panama…

Shocking Plot Twist: Wife’s Desperate Plan to Make Husband Vanish Unveiled

Background: Platte County Circuit Court in Wheatland, Wyo. (Google Maps). Inset: Molly…

Shocking Crime: Woman Fatally Shoots Partner and Attempts to Conceal Body in Nearby Woods

Background: The Putnam County Sheriff”s Office’s headquarters in Cookeville, Tennessee (Google Maps).…

Georgia Resident Apprehended in High Springs for Attempted Fraudulent Check Use at Alachua Auto Parts Store

In a noteworthy incident unfolding in Alachua, Florida, 33-year-old Essence C. Robinson…

Mother Accused of Confining Disabled 4-Year-Old to Basement Closet Prior to Tragic Death, Police Report

Inset, left to right: Angel Lovely and Nicholas Bergdoll (Marion County Sheriff’s…