LAUDERHILL, Fla. – Police are investigating after a 9-year-old boy was shot in the neck at a Lauderhill apartment complex Tuesday night.
The shooting happened at around 9:10 p.m. at the Riviera Hills Apartments, located in the 5300 block of Northwest 19th Street.
Sgt. Parys Thomas, a Lauderhill police spokesperson, said authorities received a 911 call about a boy bleeding from his neck and arrived to find him unresponsive.
Medics rushed the boy to Broward Medical Health Center, where he was listed in critical condition, as of Wednesday morning.
Thomas said investigators haven’t identified a motive for the shooting or any suspects.
Police, however, confirmed that he had been shot from an adjacent apartment unit.