Crime & Safety

Update: 1 Man Critical, 3-Year-Old Recovering After 2 Shootings

Within an hour on Sunday, a man was shot and a 3-year-old was rushed to the hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

CLEARWATER, FL — Clearwater detectives are investigating two unrelated shootings an hour apart, including the accidental shooting of a 3-year-old.

The first shooting occurred at 2:24 p.m. Officers were called to the 1100 block of Palm Bluff Street where the victim ran after being shot at LaSalle Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

Police said Ivan Cobbs Jr., 22, was flown to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa where he remains in critical condition.

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No one has been arrested for the shooting. Witnesses described the shooter as a black man, about 20 years old, 6 feet tall and thin. He was wearing blue denim shorts and a light-colored hoodie. Anyone with information on the case should call Clearwater Police at 727-562-4242.

The second one occurred at 3:34 p.m. Officers responded to Creekside Apartments, 1280 Druid Road. A 3-year-old child was taken to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg to be treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the shoulder. The boy remains in stable condition at the hospital.

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Police are still trying to determine how the little boy came into possession of the gun.

No other details were released by police.

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