11-Year-Old Michigan Boy Shot Outside Party Store

PONTIAC, MI — AN 11-year-old boy is listed in critical condition at a local hospital after beign shot outside of a party store in Pontiac last night.

Police were called to the 900 block of Joslyn Road and found the boy had been in the passenger side of a vehicle in the parking lot of the party store when he was shot in the leg during an altercation between one of his relatives and another man.

The two men were reportedly in an argument outside of the store when the suspect produced a handgun and began firing rounds, one of which went through the car and struck the young boy. The man fled the scene, police said.

Investigators were able to identify the suspect as a 19-year-old Pontiac man. They found his address and went to the residence where they spotted the suspect's vehicle exiting the driveway. Deputies initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the driver. An unregistered .357 handgun was recovered from the driver, who was subsequently arrested.

However, the Sheriff's Office said it was determined that neither the driver, who is an 18-year-old Pontiac man, nor the unregistered .357 handgun was involved in the shooting outside the party store.

Deputies returned to the suspect’s residence and found him attempting to flee out of a rear window. But the suspect remained in the house along with a female resident and refused to cooperate with deputies, the Sheriff's Office said. A SWAT team was activated and negotiators were able to get the suspect to surrender. He was taken into custody without further incident. The female resident was not harmed.

The Sheriff's Office said a search warrant was obtained and executed at the address. A .40 caliber handgun believed to be the weapon used in the shooting was recovered and logged into evidence.

Both the 18-year-old man and 19-year-old man are in custody.

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