15-year-old shot in head in Garfield Heights
Posted: 02/21/2012
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio - Garfield Heights police are investigating after a teen was shot in the head Tuesday night.
The shooting happened on South Parkway Drive just after 8 p.m., but officers pulled a bullet from the front window of a house in the 4300 block of East 131st Street.
Garfield Heights police said a 15-year-old boy and 20-year-old were walking near East 131st and Parkway when a vehicle drove up to them, then an unknown number of people got out and fired three to six rounds of shots.
Police said the 20-year-old ran and the victim, the 15-year-old, was shot in the head. Emergency workers took the teen to Marymount Hospital, then a medical helicopter transported him to MetroHealth Medical Center. His condition is not known at this time.
Witnesses at the scene told our photographer that the boy was being chased.
Keep checking with newsnet5.com for any new information as this story develops.
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