Child Hospitalized After Being Shot In PA Park

A child has been hospitalized after they were shot with walking in a park on Thursday morning, according to a release by Harrisburg police

Riverfront Park Trail in the 500 block of South Front Street in Harrisburg.
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Jillian Pikora

01/20/2022 12:22 p.m.

The child had been walking along the Riverfront Park Trail in the 500 block of South Front Street in Harrisburg, when "they heard a shot and realized that they had been hit," police say.

Police learned of the shooting when the child arrived at the hospital around 8:45 a.m.

The child's age has not been released, but police believe they will not succumb to their injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information can call Harrisburg police at 717-558-6900.

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