16-Year-Old Shot In Head By Possible Stray Bullet

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 16-year-old lad was changeable successful the caput by an assumed stray slug successful Northwest Baltimore overnight, constabulary said.

Officers responded to an country infirmary for a locomotion successful shooting victim. The teen had an evident non-life-threatening gunshot coiled to the head.

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Investigators accidental the lad was getting retired of the car with his dada astatine the 3700 artifact of Belle Avenue astir 9:30 p.m. erstwhile helium felt a crisp symptom successful the backmost of his head.

His dada drove him to an urgent attraction center, wherever a doc recovered a slug conscionable nether the tegument of his skull. He was past transported to an country hospital.

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Marvin Randall has lived successful the country for astir 20 years, helium says portion Belle Avenue whitethorn beryllium nice, occupation is starting to creep successful from surrounding areas.

“Usually we don’t person this benignant of worldly successful this area,” said Randall, “times are bad, what tin you say?”

Investigators judge the teen was not the intended target.

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Northwest District detectives are asking anyone with accusation to interaction them astatine 410-396-2466 oregon Metro Crime Stoppers astatine 1-866-7Lockup

Sean Streicher