7-Year-Old Boy Wounded By Stray Bullet In Paterson, New Jersey
PATERSON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- A 7-year-old boy was struck and wounded by a bullet Monday evening inside a home in Paterson, New Jersey.
As CBS2's Brian Conybeare reported, the boy was not even safe inside his own home. He got hit in the shoulder when gunfire erupted outside.
Paterson police said around 6 p.m., dinnertime, a quarrel near a nearby liquor store escalated to gunfire. One of the bullets struck the boy, who was sitting in his home on Rosa Parks Boulevard, police said.
The Passaic County Prosecutor's office said the boy was not believed to be the intended target.
A worker at the liquor store said gunfire happens all too often in the part of Paterson where the shooting happened.
"At least four or five times a month – monthly," said Blvd Liquor Store employee Julio Munoz. "I know because we live here. It's nothing new for us because we are used to it."
The boy was rushed to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, and was expected to recover, police said.
It was not immediately learned whether there were any arrests.
The shooting Monday night happened just down the street from a July 2014 shooting that left a 12-year-old girl dead. Genesis Rincon was shot in the head and killed as she rode on a scooter, also on Rosa Parks Boulevard.
