LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A 1-year-old child in South Texas has died after being shot in the head during a drive-by shooting as he sat in his stroller.
Laredo police spokesman Joe Baeza said Friday that Oliver Villarreal was with a 2-year-old sibling and their father when the shooting occurred early Thursday morning outside an apartment complex.
Baeza said shots came from a passing vehicle and it’s not clear who the gunman was targeting. No arrests have been made.
Oliver was rushed to a hospital where he died.
Baeza said the father had taken the children to the complex to visit someone there and said it wasn’t clear why he would take them at such a late hour.
He said the boy’s death is the fourth homicide in the city this year.