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A child of 10 was shot several times this Sunday afternoon while playing outside a house in Pasadena , according to the authorities.
Several calls alerted the police that had heard shots in the 300 Parke Street area around three in the afternoon, reported Lieutenant Carolyn Gordon of the Pasadena Police Department.
When they arrived, they found a boy with multiple gunshot wounds and they rushed him to the hospital as some of them put his life at risk, according to Gordon.
It is not clear who shot the boy or what happened before the shooting.
The police are looking for at least three suspicious men and a light colored sedan , but a more detailed description has not yet been released.
The lieutenant colonel said detectives had not yet determined if the boy was the target of the shooting.
The incident caused many police officers to become They will move to the neighborhood and surround a considerable area around the sealed house, according to public KTLA .
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Pasadena Police Department at the phone number 626 – 744 – 4507.