Teen on bike hurt while fleeing bullets in Wilmington

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Saturday, August 1, 2015
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A teenage boy on a bike was injured as he tried to escape a hail of gunfire in Wilmington, Delaware.

WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) -- A teenage boy on a bicycle was hurt while fleeing a hail of gunfire in Wilmington.



The gunfire erupted at 8:00 p.m. Friday at 7th and Spruce Street.



Bullets hit cars and property, but no people.



Officials say a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle was struck by a car as both he and the driver rushed to escape the gunfire.



The boy was taken to Christiana Hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.



Police were searching for whoever fired the shots.




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