Two toddlers shot in baby pool*
Witnesses: Children Were Playing In Pool
UPDATED: 8:42 am EDT June 10, 2008
BALTIMORE -- Police continued Tuesday to investigate after a 2-year-old
boy and 3-year-old girl playing in a small swimming pool were injured by
stray bullets Monday night.
Officers were called out to the 2400 block of Winchester Street in west
Baltimore at about 10 p.m. Monday.
Rescue workers said that a 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl were
taken to Johns Hopkins Pediatrics for treatment. The boy was shot in the
chest, and the the girl was shot in the lower right leg.
Their conditions haven't been released by the hospital.
The children were playing in a baby pool in front of their apartment at
the time of the shooting, officers said.
Witnesses said the shooting started up the street, away from where the
children were playing, and that as many as 11 shots were fired.
Investigators have not released further information.
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