Canton police say boy, 8, wounded in Tuesday shooting has died
Canton Township An 8-year-old boy wounded in a shooting Tuesday has died, officials said.
“It is with much sadness that we report the 8-year old boy succumbed to his injuries yesterday,” Deputy Police Chief Craig Wilsher said in a statement Wednesday. “An individual is in custody, and we expect to turn our investigation over to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office later today.”
On Tuesday, police said the township s 911 dispatch center received a call at about 4 p.m. that a child had been shot after a firearm was discharged inside a residence on Old Michigan Avenue.