6-Year-Old Shooting Victim in Stable Condition

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- The 6-year-old boy shot at a neighborhood party near Lawrenceville on Saturday remains hospitalized in stable condition, police said Monday.

Gwinnett County Police said they are still looking for the person who fired the shot in the Caboose Court incident that hit Ni-Shawn Moore.

Police were called to the party at 6:18 p.m. When they arrived, they found the boy with a small wound on his chest.

According to police, Ni-Shawn was riding his bicycle in front of the home where the party was taking place when someone walked up and shot him.

He had reportedly been shot by an unknown person with a BB or pellet gun, police said in a news release.

The victim was able to walk and speak normally and was taken to an area hospital by his mother. Once there, doctors determined his injuries were more serious than originally thought and that he had been hit by a small-caliber bullet, not a BB or pellet.

He was taken to Children’s at Egleston Pediatric Hospital in Atlanta, where he was originally listed in serious condition.

Police are continuing to investigate and asking the public for help identifying who may have fired the shot that hit the little boy.

It was the second shooting incident in Gwinnett County involving a child in as many days.

On Friday, an 11-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself while playing with a handgun in his family's Norcross garage.