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Authorities are investigating what they described as an accidental shooting in Pompano Beach that sent a child to the hospital after the victim’s parents took them to a nearby fire station.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the shooting took place at an apartment complex on the 4000 block of Southwest 15th Street, at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday.
A neighbor told 7News that she heard screaming, followed by the people in the apartment going outside.
“And then we just heard like the whole family like running out, and it was like a really loud screaming, it was like a something [bad] happened scream,” said the neighbor. “And I got worried, I told my husband, I was like ‘Something’s wrong.’ You know, that kind of scream isn’t, like, normal.”
The neighbor said she then saw a man and a woman carrying a boy who appeared to be 3 or 4 years old out of the apartment.
While en route to the scene, BSO deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue units were notified that the victim’s parents drove to the closest fire station.
Investigators said paramedics assumed medical care and rushed the victim to an area hospital for treatment.
Outside the fire station, detectives were seen speaking to a woman and collecting evidence from the black SUV where the victim was taken in.
Back at the scene of the incident, 7News cameras captured the victim’s basketball net at their home. Hours earlier, crime scene investigators were seen collecting evidence.
Neighbors said the victim lives in the apartment with his sister, whom they believe to be 6 to 8 years old, and their parents.
Detectives with BSO’s Crime Scene and Violent Crimes Unit have taken over the investigation and are attempting to figure out what exactly happened — whether the victim got a hold of the gun and discharged it, or if somebody else accidentally shot the victim.
7News has reached out to BSO to find out the age and condition of the victim.
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