9 youngsters, together with a 5-year-old boy, injured in taking pictures at Georgia gasoline station

A 5-year-old boy was amongst 9 kids and youngsters injured in a taking pictures Friday evening at a gasoline station in Columbus, Georgia, authorities mentioned.

Officers have been known as to Shell Gasoline Station on Heat Springs Highway simply after 10 p.m. for a report of photographs fired.

“Upon arrival, responding officers discovered a number of gunshot victims and a big group of individuals,” the Columbus Police Division mentioned in a Facebook post on Saturday.

The victims included boys ages 5, 12, 13, 14, 17, and two who’re 15. Two women, each 13, have been additionally injured, in response to police. All the victims have non-life-threatening accidents and are being handled at native hospitals.

As of Saturday morning, no arrests had been made. Anybody with data is urged to contact the police.

Police Chief Freddie Blackmon mentioned there was a “rash of gun violence involving our youth” taking place throughout the nation, and the one strategy to fight it’s with “neighborhood effort.”

“Whereas Columbus is just not immune to those incidents, I wish to guarantee residents that the women and men of CPD are tirelessly working to get violent offenders off our streets,” Blackmon mentioned in an announcement. “Your complete village has a duty as a result of incidents like this impacts all of us.”

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