June 19, 2015 7:17 pm·
Reports coming to us out of Columbus say that 4-year-old child was shot by a Columbus Police Officer in Whitehall, Ohio.
Local 10TV News was on the scene after word came over the scanner that a patrol officer answered a call on Chandler Drive around 3 in the afternoon.
Witnesses say that’s when a family on the block started screaming for help.
The Columbus Police Department has confirmed to us that the officer responded and “was trying to help an injured woman, a dog inside the home charged him.”
The officer was trying to shoot the family dog but missed and shot the 4-year-old girl in the right leg instead.
According to Columbus Police, “the girl is in stable condition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.”
As second injured woman who was in the same home has been taken to Columbus’ Grant Hospital for treatment.
Reports coming to us out of Columbus say that 4-year-old child was shot by a Columbus Police Officer in Whitehall, Ohio.
Local 10TV News was on the scene after word came over the scanner that a patrol officer answered a call on Chandler Drive around 3 in the afternoon.
Witnesses say that’s when a family on the block started screaming for help.
The Columbus Police Department has confirmed to us that the officer responded and “was trying to help an injured woman, a dog inside the home charged him.”
The officer was trying to shoot the family dog but missed and shot the 4-year-old girl in the right leg instead.
According to Columbus Police, “the girl is in stable condition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.”
As second injured woman who was in the same home has been taken to Columbus’ Grant Hospital for treatment.