Southeast Missouri boy hospitalized after being shot in leg

SENATH, Mo. (AP) - Authorities in southeastern Missouri’s Dunklin County are investigating a weekend shooting that wounded a 4-year-old boy.

Sheriff Bob Holder says the boy was shot in a leg Saturday afternoon near the 1,700-resident town of Senath.

Holder says that the boy initially was treated at a hospital in Kennett before being flown by helicopter to a Memphis hospital.

The boy was reported being in stable condition Sunday, though is medical status wasn’t immediately clear Monday.