Child released from hospital after Petersburg shooting: Who shot me?
Ja den Briggs was one of two children hurt in a May 22 drive-by shooting in the Pecan Acres community.
and last updated 2021-06-03 18:29:00-04
PETERSBURG, Va. Six-year-old Ja den Briggs returned to his Petersburg home after spending 11 days in the hospital.
Briggs was one of two children hurt in a May 22 drive-by shooting in the Pecan Acres community.
âIâm happy, Iâm more than happy. Heâs OK. Heâs home. I couldnât ask for more, Jaâden s mother Varkeya Fields said.
A five-year-old girl grazed by a bullet fired into a crowd of people at Pecan Acres did not have to be hospitalized, according to her family. Briggs was not as lucky. He had to have surgeries to repair damage to his intestines.
6-year-old shot while playing outside
The children were among a dozen or so people outside in the Pecan Acres Estates when someone drove by and opened fire into the crowd.
and last updated 2021-05-25 09:02:01-04
PETERSBURG, Va. A five-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy continue to recover Monday after both were shot Saturday night in Petersburg.
â[There s] like a hole in his bladder, so they may have to stitch it up, Varkeya Fields said about another surgery her six-year-old son Jaâden Briggs may have to endure. Theyâre trying to let it heal on its own.â
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