DETROIT – A 12-year-old boy was shot in an upstairs bedroom Monday evening at a home near Nottingham Road and Britain Avenue on Detroit’s east side.
Detroit police believe that the shooter may have pulled up in a vehicle and unloaded their weapon into the home. Bullet casings were found in the street. Holes from the weapon were seen near the upstairs window by the boy’s bedroom.
Commander Eric Decker, of the Detroit Police Department’s 9th Precinct, said he is frustrated.
“At this time, nobody has given us any information of why this house was targeted,” Decker said. “There’s multiple casings outside, and multiple bullet strikes. It wasn’t just a random shot that went through the wall and hit somebody. The house was targeted, and I don’t know why, so it’s extremely frustrating.”
You can understand Decker’s frustration as well as the frustration of the community as last Friday (Jan. 7), a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed right here in the 9th Precinct.
Detectives say the injuries of the 12-year-old boy are non-life-threatening injuries.