Four year-old boy shot dead while sleeping as 80 bullets fired in drive-by: ‘He should have been safe in his bed’

Caleb Flax, four, was just weeks away from starting school when he was hit in the head by one of the 84 bullets fired while he slept - (Facebook)

A four-year-old North Carolina boy was shot dead while sleeping in his own bed after a group of seven young men arrived in his neighborhood in stolen cars and opened fire on four houses, according to reports.

Caleb Flax was killed in the rampage that took place on Grassy Patch Lane, Charlotte, at approximately 3 a.m. on Sunday September 20, which saw at least 84 bullets sprayed into his home and three others from a passing Mercedes and an Infiniti, court documents cited by WBTV reveal.