LMPD investigating Southside neighborhood double shooting involving an 8-year-old

BREAKING NEWS. GOOD EVENING. I’M LAUREN ADAMS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS. OUR CREW IS IN THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE A DRIVE BY SHOOTING LEFT TWO, INCLUDING A YOUNG CHILD, INJURED. JAMIE MAYES IS LIVE AT THE SCENE ON EAST KINGSTON AVENUE. AND JAMIE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? LAUREN, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THERE’S STILL SEVERAL POLICE CARS HERE AS WELL AS CRIME SCENE TAPE BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE TO THESE UNITS. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING AS POLICE HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PARKING LOT HERE, CANVASING THE AREA. AND HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. WE JUST RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM LMPD ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAS BEEN HAPPENING OUT HERE. WE’RE TOLD THAT THEY WERE CALLED HERE NEAR AROUND 930 THIS EVENING TO THE 100 BLOCK OF KINGSTON AVENUE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A EIGHT YEAR OLD WHO HAD BEEN SHOT AS A RESULT OF A DRIVE BY SHOOTING. THAT EIGHT YEAR OLD WAS TAKEN TO NORTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND AN ADULT MALE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE LMPD NONFATAL SQUAD IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. WE’LL UPDATE YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. LMPD RIGHT NOW IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE. REPORTING LIVE IN THE SOUT