Sunday, December 23, 2012

Stray bullet hits Colorado Springs 12-year-old in leg

Font ResizeColorado NewsBy Tom Roeder
The Gazettedenverpost.comPosted: 12/22/2012 10:14:46 AM MSTDecember 22, 2012 5:25 PM GMTUpdated: 12/22/2012 10:25:55 AM MST

A 12-year-old boy in southern Colorado Springs was recovering Saturday morning after an "apparently random" shooting left him wounded in the leg.

Police say the boy was inside a home in the 100 block of Murray Boulevard, near Pikes Peak Avenue, when a shots were fired outside just before midnight, blasting the structure. One round hit the boy in the leg.

The boy was hospitalized and expected to survive, police said.

Police were nearby investigating several calls about gunfire in the vicinity of Murray Boulevard and Airport Road when they were called to the home of the injured boy.

Read more on this story in The (Colorado Springs) Gazette.



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