Reports indicate that during a recent back-to-school event in North Carolina, Cheres Davis, 34, allegedly fired multiple shots into the air after her son got into an argument with another boy.
Court documents reveal that after the altercation intensified, Davis pulled out her Taurus handgun and discharged it several times. Following the incident, she reportedly put the gun back in her backpack and claimed she had left the area.
The chaotic scene unfolded at a fair where students were receiving vaccinations and free school supplies, leading to panic among the more than 100 attendees. Some of them, including children, fled into traffic on busy roads nearby. Interestingly, the responding officer was initially mistaken for immigration agents by the health facility’s CEO, Debra Weeks.
Though members of the Metropolitan Police Department were present at the event, they had departed before the shooting took place. Weeks voiced concern, mentioning that if officers had still been around, perhaps the situation wouldn’t have escalated the way it did.
Davis reportedly admitted to firing the weapon and expressed regret to those who witnessed the incident before she was taken into custody.
Witnesses described the shooter—a woman matching Davis’s description, dressed in a black shirt and jeans. Police quickly located and arrested her without any reported injuries from the incident, and the firearms involved were seized as evidence.
Davis now faces charges related to carrying concealed weapons and inducing fear. She is currently held at Mecklenburg Prison on a $50,000 bond, though details regarding her next court date are still pending.
