An urgent search is underway for the person who shot a little boy Tuesday morning.
The 6-year-old was hit three times inside an Azalea Road apartment, and is in critical condition now.
Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine says the boy was not the intended target, but it seems someone in that apartment was.“Cause my baby got three shots and I don’t know if my child gone make it,” Franks said.Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine says whoever shot into that apartment knows the little boy’s family.
“We do not believe this is a random act of violence. We believe both the victim’s family and the perpetrators involved in this shooting are known to each other,” Chief Prine said.“This violence needs to stop. My family is targeted. I feel like my family is targeted and a six year old child has been shot in the stomach with an A-K switch and in the leg. So it’s tragedy all over again for me,” Belvins said.He has a message for the person responsible.
“On behalf of the six year old child, we’re coming after you. You know, I’m sick and tired of our children in our community, being victimized by other people’s problems and lack of resolution skills,” Chief Prine said. “And so what I can tell you is that all those this investigation very fluid, we are going to determine who was responsible for this shooting, and they will be brought to justice.”“The person that did this need to come out! We don’t need no more violence!” she pleaded.
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