Police: 8-year-old boy shot, teen grazed by bullet at DeKalb County apartment complex

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Police are investigating the shooting that injured an 8-year-old boy and a teen at a DeKalb County apartment complex on Friday afternoon.

It happened around 3:40 p.m. along Eastwyck Circle inside the Eastwyck Village apartments off Candler Road near Interstate 20.

DeKalb County police said the boy was struck in the shoulder by a bullet.

"The eight-year-old prognosis is good," Capt. A.W. Ford, with the Dekalb County Police, said. "He's expected to be released from the hospital."

A 17-year-old man, who with the child at the time, was grazed in the leg.

The 8-year-old boy was rushed to an area hospital with moderate injuries.

We're told both were shot while walking home.

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No word on a shooter and police confirmed no arrests have been made.

Police are looking for a person of interest.

They said this was not a random shooting but the child was not the target.

When asked if the 17-year-old was the target, Capt. Ford said, "he may have been."

Investigators told us a car involved was found about three miles away.

Folks living in the area said what happened Friday is not typical of the place they call home.

"I don't know nothing about the events that happened but we live here and this the place we call home. This the place we feel safe at."

Details surrounding the shooting were still being gathered.

The name of the victim has not been released.

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