Teen hit by bullet while sleeping in Joliet, police say

Joliet police are investigating after a 17-year-old boy was struck by a bullet while sleeping in his bed early Friday morning.

Police said they were called to the 900 block of Midland Avenue just after 3 a.m. for a report of shots fired. When they got there, they found a 17-year-old boy shot in the mouth while he was asleep in the bedroom of a nearby home.

Police said the gunshots came into the boy’s bedroom from outside, hitting him while he was in bed. It was not immediately clear if he was struck by a stray bullet or if someone had been aiming at the home…

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