Police: Child killed in 1 of spate of Waterloo shootings

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Police say a child has been killed in one of four overnight shootings that left three others wounded.

The Courier reports that officers were called to a house around 5:15 a.m. Saturday and found a victim, described as a boy, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.

In another shooting around 4:35 a.m., another person was shot, suffering injuries not believed to be life threatening.

Around 1:15 a.m., two people were shot in a separate incident. They, too, suffered injuries not believed to be life threatening.

Police had not identified any of the victims by late Saturday afternoon.

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Information from: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, http://www.wcfcourier.com