MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police are looking for the person who shot a child from outside the boy’s home.
According to police, he was hit in the head with a stray bullet sometime after 6 p.m. Monday night.
The city’s shot spotter system notified police of gunshots in the area of 26th and Colfax Avenue North — in the Hawthorne neighborhood.
When police arrived, officers found the toddler inside the home with adults.
He was rushed to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, Minn. for treatment.
Officials said the boy is 3 years old and he has life threatening injuries.
Police believe the bullet came from outside the home, but so far no one has been arrested.
Officers are asking anyone who has information to call 911.
Police said there’s no evidence the people inside the home were being targeted.
