WATERBURY, Conn. — A 2-year-old boy is recovering at the hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound early Tuesday afternoon, according to Waterbury police.
Police responded to Waterbury Hospital at 1:35 p.m. for a report of a child gunshot victim who was brought to the emergency room.
The incident happened at a home on Pinecrest Drive in Waterbury, police said. The 2-year-old was reportedly shot in the abdomen.
The toddler was later taken to Connecticut Children's Medical Center via Life Star, according to police. He was last listed in stable condition.
"Knowing it was a 2-year-old is horrifying," said a neighbor. "It's very, very sad to think of that baby having to live with what scar and trauma might have to come up for the rest of their life."
Neighbors that did not want to be identified described a chaotic scene when it happened.
"I thought I hard like a bang – a boom. It didn't sound like a gun, it didn't sound like a backfire either," another neighbor said.
Some were told to hide indoors when officers first arrived at the scene.
"One had a long gun, everybody had their guns drawn. They were hiding behind the SUVs, they had those barriers that, you know the shields to block themselves. It was just all very, very scary," said one of the neighbors.
The investigation is ongoing at this time.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Waterbury police at (203) 574-6941 or Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (203) 755-1234.
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