Boy, 3, hurt in shooting afraid to return home, mother says

personally. Both the man and her son were taken to the hospital.

Rice said her son remains traumatized since the shooting. “He’s very devastated. My other kids are very devastated,” she said. “We never experienced nothing like this.”

AJohns Hopkins Hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday afternoon that Darrell was treated and released.

Rice’s son is the latest young victim in the city to be injured by errant gunfire.

Last week, 5-year-old Amy Hayes was seriously injured in West Baltimore in what police described as a shootout, involving unknown persons in a car and on foot. Amy is the younger half-sister of Taylor Hayes, a 7-year-old girl who was fatally shot in July while riding in the back seat of a car in Southwest Baltimore.

Rice said she continues to pray for her son and the other families of young children affected by gun violence in the city.

“I’m praying for the other families for the other kids this happened to,” she said. “It was God that was with my 3-year-old that didn’t let the bullet go through.”

Rice said the shooting is another example of the city’s trigger-pullers’ disregard for human life.

“All this violence, shooting and stuff is very senseless,” she said. “This stuff is really getting out of hand. These people really need to put these guns down.”

Police have not announced any arrests in the shooting.

Detectives from the Citywide Shooting Unit are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call 410-396-2221or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.