Utah toddler hit in the head by a stray bullet while playing in a fenced area of day care, police say

A 2-year-old boy is recovering at a Utah hospital after being hit in the head by a stray bullet while playing with other children outside in the fe...

June 1, 2023
4:52 AM

A 2-year-old boy is recovering at a Utah hospital after being hit in the head by a stray bullet while playing with other children outside in the fenced area of a day care, police said. Police have identified a man who was shooting birds with a .22 caliber air rifle in an area west of the day care, which is located in Spanish Fork. The man is cooperating with investigators and will be identified only if formal charges against him are filed, according to the Spanish Fork Police Department. On Monday, several children were playing 'in the vinyl fenced area' staffed by two adults when a child 'appeared to stumble and was seen bleeding from the face,' police said.

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