A 7-year-old boy was shot and critically injured in Dallas on Sunday evening.
Dallas police responded to a shooting at an apartment complex located at 8001 Rothington Road at about 9:30 p.m. on July 2.
Neighbors told NBC 5 they were outside in the parking lots of nearby properties when gunfire rang out.
“Right after the fireworks, and we heard, like, six shots, probably five or six shots," Jerica said. "We just started ducking with our kids to make sure all the kids was okay."
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Shortly after, all eyes were on a corner apartment. Dallas police said a 7-year-old boy was shot while in bed. He was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
"There was ambulances and heard the screaming of a woman," Victor Varela said. Varela lives in the same property as the victim. "It's concerning because they were just in their house and then because of somebody else… the child got hurt."
The bullet went through the wall of the second-floor bedroom that faces the street.
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"It was like immediate. They rushed the baby right to the ambulance. Nobody really got to see the face of the baby or the mom," Jerica said.
According to witnesses in the area, the mother of the victim had only moved in about a month ago and kept to herself. Police said no one else inside the apartment was hurt during the shooting.
Now, neighbors are keeping a close eye on traffic and the return of the child.
"Hopefully we get to see the child come back home and we could bring gifts or something," Jerica said. "Our prayers to the family, the mother, and the child."
Investigators have not determined a motive and continue to look for the shooter.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Dallas Police at 214-671-4267.
Editor's Note: It was originally reported the injured child was 8-years-old. Officials later told us that the boy was actually 7 years old.
