Crime & Safety

Child, 8, Struck By Bullet While In Bedroom In New Haven

Police are searching for the shooter.

(Patch Graphic )

NEW HAVEN, CT — An eight-year-old boy was struck by a bullet while inside his house just before midnight Friday, reports Fox 61.

The incident occurred on Thompson Street in the Newhallville section of the city. The child suffered a leg wound as a result of the shooting. He was lying down in his bedroom at the time of the shooting.

Police are searching for the shooter.

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