Boy, 10, Hit by Stray Bullet in Brooklyn

The 10-year-old boy was walking with his father around 11 p.m. Monday when he was shot

A boy visiting his father in Brooklyn was hit by a stray bullet as he walked down the street, police said.

The 10-year-old was walking with his father around 11 p.m. Monday in Williamsburg, near 403 Broadway.

Nearby residents say they heard a loud fight in the street, and the boy and his dad told police they had just walked by a group of men fighting when the boy felt pain in his torso.

Police say someone fired two rounds, hitting the boy. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital and was expected to be OK.         

There have been no arrests.

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