By Associated Press - Monday, May 4, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police are searching for the person responsible for critically injuring a 10-year-old boy in a drive-by shooting.

Authorities say the shooting happened at an apartment complex near 19th and Peoria avenues around 6:30 a.m. Monday. A man and his son were standing outside when a car approached and someone fired three rounds at them.

One bullet hit the boy. The father was not injured.

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Paramedics took the boy to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. His condition was not immediately known.

Police have not identified a suspect. The father told investigators he had no idea who shot at them.

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