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4-Year-Old Boy Wounded in Long Island Drive-By Shooting

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A stray bullet came flying through a Long Island home Saturday night and struck a 4-year-old boy, police in Suffolk County say.

The child was inside the North Bay Shore residence around 7 p.m. when the bullet came into the window and hit the boy's leg, authorities say.

He was rushed to the hospital and is expected to be OK.

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Police on Long Island say the gunman was in a dark-colored SUV that fled the area.

They were still looking for the shooter and that vehicle hours later.

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