Two children injured during shooting toward their home on Detroit's east side
The Detroit Police Department says two children were injured after being shot in their home about 6:30 a.m. Thursday on Arcola Avenue on the city's east side.
Assistant police chief Eric Ewing called the incident a "senseless act," given that multiple shots were fired from one or both of two pickups that drove past the house. The children were upstairs, in bed and sleeping, at the time of the shooting. Their parents and other siblings were also home at the time.
The Detroit Fire Department said its EMS units rushed the two children to Detroit Children's Hospital.
Police say the injuries to the children, an 8-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, are not life-threatening.
"Just really, really tragic; senseless act happening in this block," Ewing said. "We need to come together in this city. As you know, crime reduction in the city has been going down year after year after year. Currently, right now, we're down about 15% in homicides, about 30% in non-fatal shootings, but that's still not enough. Anytime any child, any person gets shot in the city of Detroit is one too many."
Detroit police are searching for two suspects, but a description of the suspects has not been released. Anyone with information is asked to call the Detroit Police Department's 11th Precinct office or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.