Fight between younger children escalates to teen shooting 14-year-old in head in Detroit
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A fight between two children Thursday in Detroit ended with two people shot, including a 14-year-old boy.
According to Detroit police, a 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were fighting on Delaware Street, not far from the Lodge Freeway, around 6 p.m. A 14-year-old and 13-year-old then got involved as they tried to break it up.
"They're exchanging words back and forth, back and forth. Another 13-year-old somehow related comes down to break them up," said Detroit Police Assistant Chief Charles Fitzgerald.
While the fight continued, a 16-year-old and his mother also came to the scene. That's when the 16-year-old allegedly pulled out a gun and started shooting, hitting the 14-year-old in the head and his mother in the arm.
"Mom tries to stop him. He pulls out a gun and starts shooting," Fitzgerald said.
The 14-year-old victim is currently in "extremely critical" condition, police said.
"Right now, over a silliness fight between a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old, we have a 14-year-old that’s in critical condition. He’s in surgery now and our suspect's mom who was shot in the arm," Fitzgerald said. "Just the fact that he brought a gun to an argument between a 6 and 8-year-old and thought that was the right thing to do."
Police said the shooter was arrested, along with another person who touched the gun after shots were fired.