Detroit man charged with shooting 7-year-old boy in Inkster
(CBS DETROIT) - A Detroit man is charged in connection with the shooting of a 7-year-old boy last month.
According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Antwon Tyree Williams, 22, is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, discharge in a building causing injury, careless discharge causing injury and three counts of felony firearm.
He was arraigned on Aug. 7 and received a $100,000 cash/surety bond.
Inkster police were called on July 15 to an apartment in the 400 block of Tobin Drive for a shooting. Officers found the 7-year-old boy inside the apartment suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Prosecutors allege that Williams was handling a gun when it fired, striking the child. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
"This is yet another case where, yet another child was shot inside a home where a gun was present. We have tried just about everything to try to stop this from happening. Adults failed this child," Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement.
A probable cause hearing is scheduled for Aug. 21.
