Child shot in Elizabethtown under investigation
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Published: May. 23, 2022 at 10:35 AM EDT
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WAVE) - Elizabethtown police said a child was shot in Elizabethtown Monday morning and rushed to the hospital.
The shooting happened on Buford Lane around 8:30 a.m., Officer Chris Denham said. Officers were sent after reports of several gunshots.
Denham said the juvenile victim was found with at least one gunshot wound and rushed to a hospital for treatment.
According to police, the child is in stable condition.
No one has been named as a suspect, however, Denham said the shooting appears to be a targeted incident and was not a random shooting.
This story will be updated.
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