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Brighton boy, 11, is shot in face
By Harry Levins
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
06/15/2007
The call to Brighton police said a boy had been hit in the face by a BB-gun pellet.
But the reality was much worse.
When police arrived at a home in the 600 block of Brighton's South Main Street shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, they found an 11-year-old boy who'd been hit in the face with a bullet fired from a .38-cal. revolver.
Brighton Police Sgt. Bill Morris said this morning that the revolver had been fired by a 12-year-old boy.
The bullet hit the 11-year-old's upper lip and exited through his jaw, Morris said.
An ambulance took the boy to Alton Memorial Hospital. He was then airlifted to Chlidren's Hospital in St. Louis. Morris said the boy was in stable condition and was awaiting surgery.
Morris said the owner of the revolver could face charges in Macoupin County for failing to secure the revolver.