‘This is hard on my grandma’: Family mourns after father is shot and killed on Thanksgiving morning by unknown gunman

Robert Cummings shot on Thanksgiving outside home

Background: Outside the home of Robert Cummings (WRAL). Inset: Robert Cummings (GoFundMe).

A North Carolina family’s Thanksgiving holiday began in tragedy when a man was shot outside his home during the early morning hours by an unknown assailant.

Police in Zebulon, a town located around 25 miles east of Raleigh, reported that when they responded to a call at 1:30 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 28, they found Robert Cummings, 55, in his front yard, unresponsive with a gunshot wound. He was brought to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police have asked local residents for their help in finding out who is responsible and an investigation is ongoing.

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