Louisville Metro Police are investigating after a 3-year-old child was shot Friday night.
Calls came in to dispatchers around 8:31 p.m. on reports of a boy who arrived at UofL Health – Mary and Elizabeth Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to LMPD Major Shannon Lauder.
Detectives determined the boy was shot while playing inside an apartment on Brooklawn Drive, according to LMPD spokesperson Alicia Smiley.
Police said the child was driven to the hospital by a family member.
The boy was then escorted by LMPD and EMS to Norton Children’s Hospital, where he continues to recover.
No arrests have been made. Investigation is ongoing at this time.
Anyone with any information is asked to call LMPD’s anonymous tip line at (502) 574-LMPD (5673).
Source: WAVE
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