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Child Shot in Paterson

Paterson

Police are on the scene of a shooting with a child injured in Paerson at this time.

Gunfire rang out in the 40's block of Rosa Parks Boulevard sending police to they scene where they located a 7-year-old child suffering an apparent gunshot wound to shoulder.

EMS transported the child to St. Joseph's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

There is a crime scene established and an investigation underway.

UPDATE 7:05 p.m. The child was inside a home when shots rang out on the street. The boy was struck by a bullet that came through his home.

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