Akron Police bodycam shows impact after 2-year-old was hit by gunfire when gun accidentally discharged

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) – Akron Police body camera video shows the urgency used by police and paramedics to get a toddler to the hospital after the little boy was hit by gunfire. You hear a 911 Dispatcher tell police, “Help them get to the hospital, it’s busy. Clear the intersections for them.”

The 2-year-old child was inside a home on Hyde Park Avenue when he was struck by a bullet back on April 2nd.

Akron Police told 19 News the child who was shot in the abdomen survived and continues to recover…

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