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HAMLET P.D.: Child injured by flare gun

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HAMLET — A child was sent to the hospital early Tuesday morning with burn marks, according to police.

The young victim was reportedly shot with a flare gun around 1 a.m. at a Spring Street home, investigators with the Hamlet Police Department said Tuesday afternoon.

Another child was at the scene and investigators say the kids may have thought it was a fake gun.

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No charges have been filed.

No other information is currently available.

 



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