Things were quiet Sunday afternoon in the 600 block of Dodson Avenue; there was no obvious sign a shooting had occurred just hours before or that a child had been injured.
The 7-year-old boy was asleep in the home when he was struck by a “high velocity object, such as a bullet or fragment” just after 5 a.m., according to a news release from the Chattanooga Police Department.
The child was taken to a local hospital, and his injuries were described as not life-threatening, police said.
By 3 p.m., the only evidence of the shooting was the spray of bullet holes across the face of the small, frame home, and some wadded-up crime scene tape on the front porch. No one answered when a reporter knocked on the door.
Bullet holes are seen on a door of a house in the 600 block of Dodson Avenue in Chattanooga. where a 7-year-old boy was injured just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017.At least 12 bullet holes could be seen – three in the door, another three in a window and several sprayed along the front.