Albany 11-year-old suffers gunshot wound

ALBANY — An 11-year-old East Albany boy was shot in the leg Thursday evening when he went to get his book bag from his mother’s car.

While undergoing emergency medical treatment at Phoebe Putney North Hospital, Jeremiah Dickey told officers of the Albany Police Department that around 9:30 p.m. he was reaching inside his mother’s car for his book bag when he heard what sounded like a gunshot and at the same time felt a sharp pain in his left thigh.

Police officials say that when the victim’s mother, Erica White, discovered two bleeding holes in the boy’s leg, she drove him to the hospital from their home on the 700 block of Mobile Avenue. According to APD spokeswoman Phyllis Banks, hospital officials say Jeremiah’s injuries are considered non-life threatening.

There are no witnesses to the incident at this time, Banks said, and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information concerning the shooting is asked to contact the Albany Police Department at (229) 431-2100.