Crime & Safety
5-Year-Old Suffers Severe Eye Injuries After Being Hit With Paintball
No arrested have been made.
A 5-year-old boy suffered severe eye injuries when he was hit with a paintball in West Oakland on Tuesday evening, police said.
The boy was in a car with his family driving in the 1700 block of Ninth Street at about 6:10 p.m. when a teenager on the sidewalk opened fire with a paintball gun at the car, police Officer Frank Bonifacio said.
The boy was struck in the eye and his family took him to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries, Bonifacio said.
No one has been arrested for the assault, Bonifacio said.
—By Bay City News
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