Five shot dead, including boy, 7, in Charlotte over Labor Day weekend

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Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas, 7, was shot while playing in his yard celebrating a family birthday
Three others were hurt at the same gathering
Charlotte-Mecklenburg law enforcement returns from Labor Day vacations to stem citywide violence
10 have been shot over weekend, five fatally

By Associated Press and Kiri Blakeley For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:57 EST, 6 September 2015 | Updated: 14:08 EST, 7 September 2015

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Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas, 7, was shot while at a birthday celebration at his home in south Charlotte, NC

A 7-year-old boy was shot and killed while celebrating a birthday party in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, police said.

The boy was identified as Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas.

It is the tenth shooting and fifth fatality in the area over the weekend, according to The Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte police officers are being called back in from days off and vacations to try and stem the violence.

The dead include a 7-year-old boy killed during a birthday party around 9 p.m. Saturday in a front yard on Fieldvale Place in southwest Charlotte.

Another child and two other adults were wounded, but their injuries were not life threatening, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Jeff Estes said.

'It's a sad state of affairs in the city and our country when a 7-year-old boy can't be free to celebrate a birthday party without being murdered,' Estes said at a news conference Sunday.

Police haven't identified suspects or a motive in the death.

The other fatal shootings this weekend also remain unsolved, Estes said.

'We think it is an absolute tragedy that in Charlotte-Mecklenburg we are seeing this type of violence,' Estes said. 'We will not rest or not stop until we do everything we can to put a stop to it.'

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Jeff Estes (above) said that cops have been called back from their vacations due to the bloody Labor Day weekend in which 10 were shot

Police swarmed the area on Fieldvale Place looking for clues to the murder of a 7-year-old boy

While officers investigated the boy's killing, authorities said they heard shots nearby about three hours later and found a woman dead and a man wounded from what appeared to be a drive-by shooting.

Also over the holiday weekend, a man was found dead from gunshot wounds in east Charlotte on Sunday morning, and police found a man shot to death Saturday morning in northwest Charlotte after a second man was dropped off at the hospital where he died from gunshot wounds.