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Police: 11-year-old boy shot in Rocky Mount
An 11-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after being shot in Rocky Mount on Sunday morning.
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — An 11-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after being shot in Rocky Mount on Sunday morning.
Rocky Mount police found the boy wounded around 1:30 a.m. on Meadowbrook Road.
Police said the boy was taken to ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville and should recover from his injuries, which were described as non-life-threatening.
Detectives were still on scene as of 8 a.m. The circumstances surrounding the shooting are unclear. The boy's name was not released due to his age.
The shooting appears to be isolated.
A double shooting also occurred in Rocky Mount on Sunday morning at the Shell Food Mart on West Raleigh Boulevard. The shootings are not connected, according to police.
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