CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — High school students are suspected to be involved in a shooting that killed a sleeping 3-year-old boy in northwest Charlotte late Tuesday night, police say. 

Gunmen unloaded 150 rounds into a home occupied by 11 people, police say. It happened around 11:45 p.m. along Richard Rozzelle Drive. 

Police released videos of the shooting Wednesday. The footage is difficult to watch, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johhny Jennings said, as viewers now know that the shooting took the life of a young child.  

The boy, identified by police as Asiah Figueroa, became the latest victim of a deadly string of shootings that authorities on Wednesday said are tied to “simple disputes” between students at local high schools. Figueroa was killed and his 4-year-old sister was wounded when people in multiple vehicles opened fire on the house. Figueroa's sister is expected to survive.

"I want to speak directly to the suspects right now," Jennings said during a Wednesday press conference. "How can you wake up this morning knowing that your actions last night took the life of a 3-year-old who will never get the opportunity to grow up?"

Capt. Joel McNelly says it’s the latest in a string of shootings targeting homes that began Saturday with a shooting that killed one teen and wounded two others. McNelly specifically called on parents of high school students to help identify the shooters.

"What started out as teenage dispute games has turned into a deadly game," McNelly said. He says the recent shootings have some relation to Hopwell High School. North Mecklenburg High School and Chambers High School are also believed to be connected. Officers have since increased police presence at the schools. 

"We have seen indications that people involved in these crimes are students," McNelly said. "We do know of numerous CMS students that are involved."

Police are asking parents to talk to their children, because they may know something. 

"We need your help," McNelly said, addressing parents of students at the schools believed to be involved. "If your children were not at home the last few nights, overnight, we need to know that ... Kids know things."

Officials ask anyone who recognizes the people in the video to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600. 

"We need your help, because I know we can't do it alone anymore," Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said Wednesday. "We ask, we beg actually, that you step up as a community."