CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police said a 5-year-old boy was struck and critically injured by a bullet Monday evening in the city's Roseland neighborhood.
Police said the boy was sitting on the sofa in the living room of a home in the 200-block of East 115th Street around 7:30 p.m. when people with him heard gunshots and discovered the boy had been shot, police said.
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Police said the shots were fired from outside the home. It was not immediately clear if the boy was struck by a stray bullet, or if shots were intentionally fired into the home.
The boy was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.
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Area Two detectives are investigating. No one is currently in custody.