COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A toddler has been hospitalized Saturday after a shooting in Columbus' Driving Park neighborhood.
Dispatchers told NBC4 they sent officers around 10:15 p.m. to the area of East Sycamore Street and Ellsworth Avenue after getting a ShotSpotter alert for multiple gunshots. Within a minute, a caller told them a 2-year-old boy had been shot in their home.
Columbus police found the toddler suffering from a gunshot wound at the scene. Emergency crews took him to Nationwide Children's Hospital, where he was in stable condition as of 11:55 p.m.
Investigators said someone fired multiple shots into the toddler's home, resulting in him being struck. Columbus police did not have any information on a possible suspect as of Saturday night.
Several Columbus police cars remained at the scene with emergency lights on. Officers also set up crime scene tape stretching across the street.
The Columbus Division of Police asked anyone with information on the shooting to call its felony assault unit at 614-645-4141.
