RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A four-year-old boy is injured after he was shot in Richmond’s East End in the early hours of New Year’s Eve.
At 1:59 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, officers with the Richmond Police Department responded to the 1900 block of Maddox Street near the Whitcomb area of Richmond’s East End.
When officers arrived, they found a 4-year-old boy with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his non-life-threatening injury.
Detectives are not looking for suspects in this shooting, according to police.
Anyone with information is asked to call Major Crimes Detective P. Bruington at 804-646-3930.
8News is awaiting additional details from police regarding the circumstances of the shooting.
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