HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — The Tampa Police Department (TPD) says a child has been killed and another is in the hospital after a shooting Sunday.
Officers were called to a home on East 111th Avenue shortly before 2:00 p.m. to investigate a reported shooting, according to the TPD.
Inside the house, police discovered a 12-year-old boy who had been shot and was dead.
A 14-year-old with a gunshot wound was also found. That teen was rushed to the hospital and as of now, police say they are in "stable condition."
Diana LaGrone has lived in the neighborhood for nearly 40 years. She tells ABC Action News that her thoughts are with everyone involved.
"As a mother, it breaks your heart. Because it's not just the kids involved here. It's the families of those kids," she said.
Police say the children who were shot did not live in the home where the incident happened. Instead, TPD says the pair was inside, unsupervised, with "other juveniles."
"These guns should not be in children's hands. Adults should be held accountable if they're getting them from an adult," said LaGrone.
Officials stated that the investigation is still ongoing, but added that at this time it appears the incident wasn't "random."
According to the TPD, detectives are still interviewing those who were present, as well as an adult guardian that lives in the home—but who wasn't home at the time of the shooting.
