A child died after being hospitalized with a gunshot wound Friday in Orlando, according to police. >>Prior coverage in video above: Child taken to hospital after medical emergency in Orlando, fire department says Officers responded around 11:34 a.m. to a reported shooting at the Stella West Apartments in the 2600 block of Bent Willow Circle, the Orlando Police Department said in a statement. At the scene, officers located a juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound, the statement reads. The juvenile was taken to the hospital — to Arnold Palmer, according to firefighters — where they later died from their injuries, police said. At the scene, one neighbor who said they knew the child’s family told WESH 2’s Avery Everett that the child had been shot. An investigation is said to be active and ongoing. Further information was not immediately available at the time of this report.Chopper 2 captured aerial footage of the scene, showing officials taping off the area while investigators worked.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
A child died after being hospitalized with a gunshot wound Friday in Orlando, according to police.
>>Prior coverage in video above: Child taken to hospital after medical emergency in Orlando, fire department says
Officers responded around 11:34 a.m. to a reported shooting at the Stella West Apartments in the 2600 block of Bent Willow Circle, the Orlando Police Department said in a statement.
At the scene, officers located a juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound, the statement reads. The juvenile was taken to the hospital — to Arnold Palmer, according to firefighters — where they later died from their injuries, police said.
At the scene, one neighbor who said they knew the child’s family told WESH 2’s Avery Everett that the child had been shot.
An investigation is said to be active and ongoing. Further information was not immediately available at the time of this report.
Chopper 2 captured aerial footage of the scene, showing officials taping off the area while investigators worked.