NEW ORLEANS — A young child was shot in the gas station area of Costco Tuesday afternoon, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Police received a call about 3:50 p.m. and the 1-year-old child was rushed to the hospital.
NOPD spokesman Gary Scheets said the child was shot in the leg and the weapon has been recovered. He emphasized that it was not a random act of violence but there was no further information given.
The child is in critical but stable condition, according to the NOPD.
Scheets said that all of the people involved have been detained for questioning.
Anyone with information can call the Second District at 504-658-6020 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.
Tuesday's incident is the third shooting of a small child this year. A two-year-old boy was shot and fatally wounded on June 22nd in Hollygrove. On April 25th a three-year-old girl was killed by gunfire in the French Quarter.
This is the second incident at this Costco gas station. In February of this year a woman was brutally carjacked here. Kelleye Rhein was putting gas in her car when a man climbed into the driver's seat and drove off.
She was dragged by her own car for about 40 feet through the parking lot, suffering a fractured skull and several cuts in the attack.
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