A 12-year-old boy from Connecticut has reportedly been shot several times as per reports from the police.
Sources from local media outlets shared more on this front including how it arose after the child chose to throw a snowball at the cops.
At about 7:15 pm local time, the incident arose in Capitol Avenue and Park Terrack in Hartford. The young child was shot at while he was accompanying an 11-year-old who was not hit by bullets, the police chief confirmed.
The victim is yet to be named and while his injuries are not life-threatening, an investigation is being carried out to determine what exactly happened.
The officer shared a new conference on this front on Thursday that confirmed more about how the cap looped the block to chase the children before the shooting arose, according to NBC News.
One insider shared how the matter could have gone from bad to worse in seconds and the police are just not sure about how many individuals were in the vehicle at the time.
He was just busy throwing snowballs that hit the car by accident, his family shared. The car looped the block chased the kids down and fired several rounds at them before escaping, Fox News confirmed.