Juvenile injured in shooting in residential area in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — A juvenile male was shot and injured late Saturday afternoon, the Fort Wayne Police Department says.
The juvenile was last said to be in nonlife-threatening condition.
Fort Wayne officers were called to the 2900 block of Lillie Street around 4:35 p.m. on a report of a person shot. That’s in a residential area toward the southeast side of the city.
Officers had learned before arriving that a male was running around in the street yelling that he’d been shot.
When they arrived, they found the boy suffering a gunshot wound, and rendered him aid while waiting for emergency services.
He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment for his injuries.
Investigators say they were working to gather information on possible suspects.
This shooting adds another instance in Fort Wayne where a juvenile was shot. On Jan. 12 – 13, two teenage boys were killed in separate shootings in the city. Officers were gathering information on suspects in those two shootings, as well.