Local residents left in shock after boy, 11, was shot in the head on Roadtrain Avenue in Leyland from goal kick Watch Video

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✓ Published: 23-May-2024

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A community in Leyland has been left in shock after a boy was shot in the head by a suspected air gun.<br/><br/>On Monday May 20, at around 7:20pm, the victim was playing football in the garden of his home on Roadtrain Avenue when the ball was kicked over the fence.<br/><br/>It was whilst jumping over the fence to retrieve the ball that the 11-year-old boy was struck by what is believed to be an air weapon in the head, fracturing his skull.<br/>