Crime & Safety

8-Year-Old Boy Shot In New Haven: Report

An eight-year-old boy was shot while playing on his iPad in bed Friday night, according to a report.

NEW HAVEN, CT - An eight-year-old boy was shot in his bed Friday night on Thompson Street while he was playing on an iPad, according to FOX 61. The boy's mother said that she heard three gunshots and that her son was struck in the calf.

He was transported to Yale New Haven Children's Hospital but is now home and expected to make a full recovery.

Police have said the shooting is under investigation and may be linked to a Hamden house party shooting that left five people injured.

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