And while that ten year old was shot to the leg, a 14 year old is recovering from similar wounds which he got in a city home invasion.
It happened on Holy Saturday on Banak Street just after the cross country was coming in. Now, Banak Street is right next to the Central American Boulevard roundabout - so the area was swarming with traffic police - who were blocking the area for the race.
But that police presence did not stop a trio of gunmen from storming into the Meighan residence and asking for Tyrone Meighan. He wasn't at home, so the trio opened fire on 20 year old Joseph Obrien and 14 year old Dashey Williams who were guests at the house.
Fortunately both only received injuries to their legs - but at the scene, a relative was outraged that the police in the area did not respond adequately. Here's what he told us:..
Eye witness
"I heard pow, pow, pow. A second after I heard pow, pow again, then I saw a young boy limping. I asked the officer what was going here because they are killing people right in front of me."
"The two gunmen rode past the police vehicle. Nobody got caught. Everybody heard the shots and nobody moved. I had to shout out at the officers. That's how they came by and checked. The officers told me that they didn't have any gun. A lot of police officers were out."
"The police vehicle passed the two gunmen and they didn't catch anybody."
Police found one 9mm live round, one fragmented slug, two complete slugs and 4 expended 9mm shells on the scene.
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