10-month-old grazed by bullet sitting outside with his mother, Atlanta police say

ATLANTA — A 10-month-old sitting outside with his mother is recovering tonight after a bullet grazed him, Atlanta police say.

Officials responded to an aggravated assault call around 7 p.m. in the 2600 block of Fairlane Drive Southeast after a woman told police her house was “shot up” by juveniles.

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Police say the woman was outside of her home with her children when the suspect(s) approached the house in a vehicle and fired a gun at the house. Officials say that the bullet grazed the victim’s 10-month-old child after it struck his ear, but the child did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

The gunfire hit no other victims. However, the child was observed by Grady EMS as a precaution.

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The investigation is ongoing.

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