Pennsylvania
Boy, 7, dies after shooting near Pennsylvania home
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A 7-year-old boy injured in a capturing in northwestern Pennsylvania final week died at a Pittsburgh hospital, authorities mentioned.
Antonio Yarger Jr. was taken to UPMC Kids’s Hospital in Pittsburgh after Thursday’s capturing in Erie, the Allegheny County medical expert’s workplace mentioned. Yarger was pronounced lifeless on the hospital Monday morning, officers mentioned.
Erie police mentioned the boy was shot within the head Thursday evening whereas on the sidewalk a few block from his house. No arrests have been introduced.
Deputy Chief Rick Lorah of the Erie police division known as the investigation “extraordinarily energetic.” He informed the Erie Occasions-Information that detectives are reviewing “a whole bunch of hours” of surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses.