Reply #5: Gunshot victim, 4, remains on 'critical' list (IN) [View All]

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A continuation of a story from yesterday's "GITN" thread. - Wayne

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Gunshot victim, 4, remains on 'critical' list; police probe gun source

By Masaaki Harada
The Journal Gazette

A 4-year-old boy injured by a gunshot remained in critical condition at a hospital in Fort Wayne on Monday, the Allen County Sheriff's Department said.

The boy, whose name has been withheld by police, sustained a single gunshot shortly before 9:30 a.m. Sunday at his house at 11514 Thiele Road.

His mother heard a loud noise on the second floor and found the boy lying across a bed covered in blood, police said. Investigators recovered a .38-caliber revolver from the room.

The boy's 6-year-old sister was in another room on the second floor. Police do not believe she was involved in the shooting, spokesman Victor Hopkins said. Police are still investigating the shooting and trying to determine where the gun came from, he said.

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