3-year-old boy struck by stray bullet in Fayetteville
A 3-year-old child was struck by a bullet that was accidentally discharged inside an adjacent apartment in Fayetteville Thursday afternoon.
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Fayetteville police responded to apartment building 832 on Lake Pine Drive.
The preliminary investigation revealed two soldiers had accidentally fired a gun inside their apartment.
The bullet went through a dividing wall into an adjacent apartment, striking the child.
The child was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The two men are being questioned about the shooting.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to contact Detective Kincade with the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-723-2610 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-8477.
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