ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say an 8-year-old St. Louis boy went to school and told an office worker he had been shot, after his mother exchanged gunfire with a man who tried to force his way into a home.
The mother was also wounded in the Tuesday morning shooting. Both mother and child are in stable condition.
Officers were called after a male resident was confronted by another man who tried to push his way into the house. The mother got a gun and exchanged shots with the suspect.
She was shot in the leg and a bullet grazed the child's ankle. The suspect stole the family's car. It wasn't clear if he was injured.
It appears no one knew the child had been injured until he told a school worker.
