Police provide update on investigation into shooting involving 5-year-old
ELKHART, Ind. Elkhart Police have released new details in the shooting of a 5-year-old boy that happened Tuesday morning.
Police were called to the 1300 block of Wildflower Street and located a 5-year-old with a gunshot wound to the chest. The child was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
On Wednesday, police said their investigation revealed the 5-year-old was shot when children located a firearm in their home and it went off while they were handling it, police said.
The victim was flown to Riley s hospital in Indianapolis for further treatment. His injuries are no longer life-threatening, police said.
ELKHART â Police have determined a Tuesday morning shooting, in which a 5-year-old boy was shot in the chest, was accidental.
The boy found a gun in the house and the gun went off when he was handling the weapon, Elkhart Police Department detectives said.Â
Officers and medics were dispatched to the residence in the 1300 block of Wildflower Street in the Four Seasons Mobile Home Park just after 11 a.m. Tuesday morning for reports of an accidental discharge.
The boy was rushed to South Bend Memorial Hospital with a life-threatening gunshot wound to his chest. He was then flown to Riley Children s hospital and his status has been changed to non-life threatening according to police.
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