9-year-old shot at DeKalb County apartment complex

A 9-year-old is expected to be OK after a shooting at an apartment complex in DeKalb County.

Officers responded around 2 a.m. Monday to the Park at Somerset apartments on Abberley Way just off Hambrick Road.

[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]

Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers received updates from police at the scene throughout the morning on Channel 2 Action News This Morning starting at 4:30 a.m.

Officers told Rogers that a 9-year-old was shot in the leg. It appears that a sibling accidentally shot the child.

Police said the sibling ran and ditched the gun behind the apartment complex. A K-9 unit is searching for the gun. Charges will be pending.

TRENDING STORIES