10-Year-Old Boy Shot in Police Chase in Ingushetia
A 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the leg during a police chase in Ingushetia when officers fired at the tires of a fleeing vehicle. The child was hospitalized with a through-and-through gunshot wound and later released.
Consensus
- A police chase occurred in Ingushetia on August 23.
- Two vehicles without license plates and with tinted windows were involved.
- The vehicles ignored police orders to stop.
- Police fired warning shots into the air and then at the tires.
- One vehicle was stopped, the other fled.
- A child was found in the back seat of the stopped vehicle.
- The child sustained a gunshot wound to the lower leg.
- The child was hospitalized and underwent emergency surgery.
- The child's condition was assessed as moderate.
- Both drivers were detained and received 10-day administrative arrests for disobeying police.
- The incident occurred on the Caucasus highway.
Points of divergence
- The child was 10 years old. — riamo
- The child was 11 years old. — vm
- The music was playing in the fleeing car, and the child turned to look out the window. — riamo
- The police used a loudspeaker to repeatedly warn of intent to use firearms. — vm
- The child cried out and panic ensued in the car. — riamo
- The child sustained a through-and-through gunshot wound to the left leg. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- 10-year-old boy shot during police chase in Ingushetia — РИАМО
- Boy was wounded as a result of police shooting in Ingushetia — РИАМО
- Law enforcement in Ingushetia accidentally injured a child when shooting at a pursued vehicle — Вечерняя Москва