A 2-year-boy was still in surgery early Thursday morning after being shot in the chest by a 13-year-old at a Clarkston apartment complex, police say.
Investigators have yet to determine whether the shooting, in the 1000 block of Montreal Road, was accidental. The toddler was airlifted from DeKalb Medical Center to Children's Healthcare at Egleston earlier Wednesday evening, Clarkston Police Det. Margaret Clouden told the AJC.
The shooting occurred as the toddler's family was moving out of the Southern Place Apartments, the injured boy's mother told police. Clouden said she has yet to interview the teen shooter, who fired a bullet that pierced the chest of the young victim, exiting through his back.
It's unclear whether the shooter and the victim are related.
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