16-year-old Detroit boy hit by gunfire from drive-by shooting

Robert Jackson recovering after suffering wound to back during shooting on Hickory Street

DETROIT – A 16-year-old Detroit boy is recovering after being hit by gunfire from a drive-by shooting early Monday morning.

Robert Jackson was struck just after midnight when a car rolled up to a house on Hickory Street near Gratiot and shots were fired.

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Jackson heard the shots and tried to run, but a bullet came through a window and hit him in the back.

His family said he was treated at a hospital but has since been released.


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