Erie police are investigating after a 12-year-old boy showed up at UPMC Hamot with a gunshot wound to his foot on Saturday evening.
Police learned of the shooting on Saturday at about 6:45 p.m., when the 12-year-old went to the hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to the inside of his left heel.
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The boy told police he was walking with some friends in the area of East 26th and Parade streets when a group of six to eight people arrived. The boy said he heard gunshots and began to run, and as he ran he realized he had been shot, Deputy Chief Rick Lorah said Monday.
Detectives are looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting, Lorah said.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Erie police investigating after 12-year-old boy shot in the foot on the city’s east side