DETROIT – Michigan State Police and Detroit police are investigating after a 3-year-old boy was shot on Detroit's west side.
The boy was shot in the back, according to police. He is in critical condition.
The shooting happened shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Police said the boy's mother was driving and had the child in the back seat when a vehicle pulled up alongside her and someone inside fired one shot.
She pulled off at the next exit and pulled into a BP gas station, where a witness said, she jumped out of her car screaming that her child had been shot.
The 3-year-old victim was not responsive at the scene but was revived at the hospital, according to police.
The Michigan Department of Transportation said that northbound M-39/Southfield Freeway was closed from Joy Road to I-96 until after 11 p.m. Thursday.
Police are searching for a shell casing in connection with the shooting.
A suspect is not in custody.
Anyone with information is asked to call Michigan State Police Metro South at 734-368-8290
Short clip from scene embedded below:
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Non Fatal Shooting: Very preliminary information. MSP is on the scene of a shooting at NB Southfield and Joy Rd. The victim is a three year old child. Both child and mother at local hospital. Aviation is overhead. Unknown location of the shooting. More information coming. pic.twitter.com/rVeKMsU6O6
— MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) January 25, 2019
Other on M-39
— MDOT - Metro Detroit (@MDOT_MetroDet) January 25, 2019
Location: NB M-39 at Joy Rd
Lanes Affected: All Lanes
Event Type: Other
County: Wayne
Event Message: Freeway Closed at Joy
Reported: 7:31 PM
Heads up- NB M 39/Southfield freeway closed from Joy to 96 for an unknown period of time.
— MDOT - Metro Detroit (@MDOT_MetroDet) January 25, 2019
Anyone with information about this incident is being asked to call MSP Metro South at 734.368.8290. This will be the last update this evening
— MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) January 25, 2019