LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police announced a 5-year-old boy hospitalized after a shooting in the Portland neighborhood Sunday morning has died from his injuries.
Police said officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 2000 block of W. Main St. around 10:30 a.m. When officers arrived they located the boy that had sustained a gunshot wound.
LMPD confirmed the boy was shot in the cheek. The child was transported to Norton Children's Hospital and was in surgery. Public Information Officer Dwight Mitchell announced the boy died from injuries sustained in the shooting.
The LMPD Major Crimes Unit is continuing its investigation regarding how the child received the injuries.
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