Macon toddler in critical condition after being shot while riding in car Friday night
A 3-year-old child was shot late Friday evening while riding in a car in northwest Macon and is in critical condition at a local hospital.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, a woman was driving in a Lexus on West Napier Avenue near Mumford Road around 10 p.m. when someone fired multiple shots, striking her 3-year-old child once in the chest. The child was transported to a local hospital and is listed in critical condition.
No one else was injured. There is no information on the suspect, and neither the mother or child’s identity has been released.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751 -7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
Caleb Slinkard
The Telegraph