A Florida toddler was shot multiple times during a “gang-related” drive-by shooting, cops said Saturday.
Little Aiden Michael McClendon, who was only 22 months old, was shot dead Friday around 6:10 p.m. in Jacksonville while sitting in a car, cops said in a statement.
Aiden was wounded at least three times in the upper body. He was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, but he could not be saved.
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Investigators do not belive Aiden or anyone else sitting in the car were the intended targets.
“The only one hit in this entire barrage of bullets was this little 22-month-old,” Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Chief of Investigations Tom Hackney said.
“This little boy, Aiden Michael McLendon, has got my prayers tonight,” Hackney told First Coast News.
Cops suspect someone who lives on the block was the intended target.
A white vehicle was seen fleeing the mayhem on Spearing St.
“We are trying to locate any witnesses right now, because we need to get these dirt bags off the street,” Lt. George Grant said,
JSO officials ask anyone with information to call 904-630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org.
Sheriff Mike Williams said that local business leaders collected $20,000 for reward money for information that leads to an arrest in the heartbreaking murder.
