Mother says 15-year-old son was shot inside home in Southwest Detroit

Detroit police are investigating a shooting at a home in Southwest Detroit on Wednesday evening, with the mother of a 15-year-old boy and a neighbor saying the teen was shot while inside the home.

Watch Ryan’s report from the 12 p.m. show below

15-year-old boy wounded in Detroit shooting

Detroit police responded to the shooting around 11 p.m. at a home on Campbell Street near West Vernor Highway and Livernois Avenue. An official with the police department tells us the teen was shot from inside the house, and is in the hospital.

The homeowner said that someone came up to her house and fired multiple shots at the front and side of the home. She said her 15-year-old son Nicholas, also known as Nico, was shot three times in the leg while trying to run upstairs to escape gunfire. Nico was transported to the hospital. We’re told he is currently stable and awaiting surgery…

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