Child Is Recovering After He Is Struck By Stray Bullet In Delaware County
CHESTER, PA (CBS) -- Authorities in Chester, Delaware County are trying to figure out how a young boy was shot by a stray bullet Saturday night.
Instead of being home that little boy is still at CHOP recovering from his gunshot wound.
The child is expected to be okay, but those who live in the neighborhood where he was shot are frustrated and saddened.
About 10 p.m. Saturday night police respond to a shooting in Chester.
It's the second one of the night, this time though stray bullets pierced through a home along Township Line Road, and an 11-year-old boy is shot in the stomach.
"It's just sad you know," said Jill Rivera of Chester. "He's in his house he is not bothering anybody. You know it's just really sad and I'm praying that he is alright. I'm just glad things weren't worse."
It's clear that kids live in nearly every home on this block, so for other resident in the area it's a miracle no one else was hurt.
Apparently the gunfire was so wreckless some bullets not only hit the home, but several cars nearby. The shots also hit signs outside of a gas station across the street.
Catherine Wilson has lived in this neighborhood 27 years, and to her it's a shame that the gun violence has gotten to a point where a kid can't be safe in his home.
"At first I thought it was firecrackers," she said. "Then after I heard boom, boom, boom, boom, I said no that's a gun."
Wilson described the gunfire, and the scary scene after.
"I saw them taking the little boy out in the ambulance," she said.
Rivera says she has this message for those are using guns to solve problems.
"That's not the way to go," she said. "You see what happens somebody innocent got caught up in the middle of it. He didn't ask for that. I'm sure he didn't wake up thinking that was going to happen to him in his house, while he was home."
Police are still investigating the shooting as the 11-year-old recovers in the hospital.
Authorities have made no arrest and are urging anyone with information on the shooting to contact police in Chester.
