Baby fatally shot while mother pushed him in stroller
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MERCED, Calif. (Gray News) - An investigation is underway after a 9-month-old boy was shot and killed on a California street.
Police say the baby’s mother and her boyfriend were pushing him in a stroller Wednesday afternoon in Merced when someone driving by opened fire. At least three shots went off. Only the little boy was hit.
The boy’s mother took him to a nearby McDonald’s to call for help, but police say he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police identified the baby as Darius King Grigsby in a Wednesday night Facebook post.
No suspects have been identified.
Police are searching for witnesses and video surveillance as they continue to investigate.
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