UPDATE (Feb. 3) from the latest State Police release … No other new information or identities have been supplied: Upon an extensive investigation, troopers have learned that the child, the child’s father, who is a known 21-year-old male of Indiana, PA, and the child’s mother were the only persons present in the apartment at the time of the incident. Troopers believe that the father, while inside the apartment, fired a single round from a 9mm handgun. The round struck the child, resulting in significant injuries to the child. No other persons were injured.
Troopers do not have any reason to believe that this was an intentional discharge of the firearm. When the investigation is complete, it will be provided to the Indiana County District Attorney’s Office for review and a prosecutorial decision.
UPDATE (Feb. 2): State police emphasize this morning that they are not seeking suspects in the shooting and there is no threat to the public.
State police are investigating the shooting of a four-month-old boy last night at an apartment in the 0-0 block of College Lodge Road in White Township. State Police Public Information Officer Clifford Greenfield reported that the child is expected to survive after being shot in the upper body.
Police were summoned at about 6:16 PM. The baby’s parents were in the apartment when the shooting occurred and immediately alerted a neighbor, who called 911. Meanwhile, the parents quickly rushed the boy to the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was then taken to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he was last reported to be in stable condition.
Police have not released any information on the circumstances of the shooting. No arrests have been made and more information will be released at the appropriate time.
