UPDATE: Gov. Bevin: 7-year-old’s shooting death ‘unacceptable’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting death of a 7-year-old Kentucky boy (all times local):
Kentucky’s governor says the death of a 7-year-old Louisville boy from stray gunfire is unacceptable, and says he’ll weigh in on the issue of urban violence next week.
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin says Dequante William Lamar Hobbs Jr.’s death reflects a “cultural problem” caused by a “disregard for human life, from beginning to end.”
Authorities say the boy was playing on his iPad and eating cake as a bedtime snack at his kitchen table when he was hit by a stray bullet Sunday night.
Bevin says he has a “solution” to help combat the problem that doesn’t involve spending more money or putting more police officers on the streets. He didn’t offer any details but says he’ll make an announcement next week. Bevin says it’s a problem for everyone, not just those in neighborhoods wracked by violence.
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Police in Kentucky say a stray bullet fired during a fight outdoors traveled through the window of a nearby home, killing a 7-year-old who was eating a bedtime snack at his kitchen table.
Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman Lt. Emily McKinley says the boy wasn’t targeted. McKinley said it appears a fight broke out among a group of people in a yard near the boy’s home and someone pulled a gun and began firing.
On Monday, she urged anyone involved in the fight, including the shooter, to come forward. Police say they have no suspects in Sunday night’s shooting.
McKinley says the boy’s mother and grandmother, who were at the home with him, started CPR and called 911. The boy was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.
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5/22/17 8:39 a.m.
Sunday night shooting leaves 7-year-old boy dead
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A 7-year-old boy has died after a shooting in Louisville.
The Courier-Journal reports (http://cjky.it/2qNCTMf ) Louisville police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley says officers found a child with a single gunshot wound inside a residence Sunday night. Smiley says he was pronounced dead at Norton Children’s Hospital.
The victim’s name had not been released.
No suspects had been identified. Louisville police’s homicide unit is continuing to investigate.
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Information from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com
Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.
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