Child, woman recovering after being shot in separate incidents
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A child and a woman are recovering after being shot overnight Saturday in two separate incidents.
According to a Columbus police, officers were sent to the 1200 block of Evergreen Road at 4 a.m. after hearing reports of a shooting. When police arrived they found an 11-year-old boy who was grazed by a bullet in his left arm.
The child was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital in stable condition and is being treated for his injury. In a morning update, police said the child was shot accidentally while sleeping inside his house.
Just before 4:30 a.m., police were sent to the 1400 block of East Livingston Avenue in southeast Columbus after reports of a different shooting. A 24-year-old woman was found with a gunshot wound to her upper left leg. She was taken to a hospital in stable condition and is recovering from her injury.
CPD say that the woman was involved in a physical altercation and as she got in her car to leave, an unknown person began shooting at the car.