MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A 4-year-old child died after being shot Monday at a house in Muncie within the second fatal shooting of a young child in town in lower than 4 months, police said.
Officers responded to a house on town’s southeast side shortly after noon, police said. The kid died at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.
A police news release didn’t indicate the circumstancecs surrounding the shooting.
“There isn’t any energetic threat to the community,” said Melissa Pease, a deputy chief with the Muncie Police Department.
Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman said his office would review evidence gathered by police in regards to the shooting.
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A 5-year-old Muncie girl was fatally shot in the top July 26 after her 6-year-old brother removed a loaded handgun from a secure of their parents’ bedroom and shot her.
Hoffman later charged each of the parents with neglect of a dependent leading to death.
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