Police: 2-year-old shot in hand during attempted robbery at bus stop

Atlanta police are investigating an attempted robbery that resulted in a 2-year-old boy being shot in the hand.

Atlanta police are investigating an attempted robbery that resulted in a 2-year-old boy being shot in the hand.

A 2-year-old boy was shot in the hand during an attempted robbery at a bus stop Sunday morning in northwest Atlanta, according to police.

Authorities said the toddler was with his mother at the bus stop near Rome Drive in the Hunter Hills neighborhood when the shooting took place.

He was taken to a Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta location in a private vehicle, and police were called around 8:30 a.m. The child’s injury was described as not life-threatening.

No other details were released about the incident.

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