ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Police say an 11-year-old boy was hit by gunshots fired from outside a house in Rochester.
The Democrat and Chronicle reports that the boy was inside a house in the southwest part of the city when he was shot at about 9 p.m. Sunday.
Police say the boy was shot at least once in his upper body. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Police say that in an unrelated shooting four hours later, a 16-year-old Rochester boy was shot once in the lower body. His injuries were not considered life-threatening. Neither boy’s name was released.