Child watching fireworks, A seven-year-old boy died on Friday after he was shot in the head on July 4th, WTVR reports.
The boy was shot walking with his father in the parking lot of a
restaurant in Midlothian, Va. , police said. The father and son were
there to watch some nearby fireworks.
"A large crowd had been gathering over by the reservoir to watch
fireworks and a young boy, seven years old, was walking through the
parking lot with his dad. He was a few step behind his dad and he [the
boy] fell to the ground," Chesterfield Police Capt. Brad Badgerow said.
"Initially they thought he was just passed out. They saw some blood.
They thought he may have hit his head."
But when the child was taken to the hospital, doctors made a startling discovery.
"When medical personnel were treating him, they found what they believe
to be a bullet wound in the top of his head," Badgerow said.
Police said it is unlikely that the shot was intentionally fired at the
boy, and that the bullet likely came from a gun fired off the premises.
"We don't think this was an intentional shooting. We think that somebody
in or around the Brandermill area was celebrating the Fourth of July.
Unfortunately we think they were shooting a gun in a reckless manner and
this young boy is a victim," Badgerow said.
Police are still investigating this incident.
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