A nine-month-old child was shot dead while being walked in a stroller by his mother down a street in Merced, California, the local US media said on Friday.
Local police said that the infant died when a passenger in a passing vehicle drove by and opened fire.
Merced is located east of San Jose in central California.
Police responded to a call reporting the shooting on 9 November at about 12.36pm.
Emergency personnel located the mother and child inside a McDonald’s. After suffering a gunshot wound, the child was pronounced dead on the scene.
KI/PR
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