Deputies say a 3-year-old was shot dead in a car seat in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY, Florida. – A 3-year-old child was shot and killed while in a car in Orange County on Tuesday, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies said they responded to the shooting in the 2100 block of Rivertree Circle around 5:25 p.m. The sheriff’s office said the child was shot in the car while he was strapped into his car seat.
According to fire and rescue officials and law enforcement officials, the child was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“Deputies believe that the vehicle the child was in was not the target of the shooting,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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