A 9-year-old is waking up in the hospital instead of going to school after an overnight shooting in Lauderhill. NBC6’s Xochitl Hernandez reports.
A 9-year-old boy was hospitalized after a shooting in Lauderhill Tuesday night left him suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck, officials said.
Lauderhill Police officials said officers responded to an apartment complex on Northwest 19th Street just after 9 p.m. after receiving reports of a juvenile bleeding from his neck.
When officers arrived, they found the young boy unresponsive with an injury to his neck that was later confirmed to be a gunshot wound.
Officers escorted Lauderhill Fire Rescue in their transport of the boy to Broward Medical Health Center where he was being treated for his injuries. Police said he was in critical condition.
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Police said they believe the gunshot came from an adjacent apartment unit.
"I couldn't imagine that happening to my kids," said one neighbor. "I don't know the guy, but whoever he is, he better turn himself in if they haven't already caught him because this is just sad."
Officials said the motive for the shooting is still unknown and said no one had been charged yet as the investigation is still ongoing.
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