ABC12.com: Police may know who shot 10-year-old

ABC12.com: Police may know who shot 10-year-old

Shooting victim, 10, in critical

Police say they may know the identity of the shooter

Dawn Jones

FLINT (WJRT) - (09/22/06)-- Police say they think they know fired the shot that hit a 10-year-old fourth grader at Dort Elementary School, in Flint. As of right now, however, they say no one is in custody, and there are no warrants for any arrests in the case.

Nearly 24 hours after the shooting, investigators say they still have very little information about what happened.

A neighbor said that she saw the boy, who has been identified James "Coby" Scroggins, playing in his front yard at around 6:30 p.m. She smiled at him and he smiled back, but as she looked down at a book, she heard a gunshot.

"I heard something that sounded like fireworks and then Coby grabbed at his stomach and started staggering toward the car. That's when his brother came running out of the house and told me to call 911," said Alice Bates.

Police confirm the boy was shot one time. It's unknown where the shot came from and where on his body the boy was hit.

Police did say that only one shot was fired.

Jamie Turner says she knows the boy. "Someone called me and told me Coby had been shot. He's such a sweet young boy. Why would someone do something like that?"

The boy was taken to Hurley Medical Center, where he is listed in critical condition.

Coby is Flint's third young shooting victim in as many months.

Back in July, five-year-old NiYauna Jones was killed in a drive by shooting while she was riding in the back seat of a car

Then in August, nine-year-old Victoria Taylor was accidentally shot and killed by her brother's ten-year-old Friend. Taylor, her brother, and the friend were home alone when the Friend got his hands on a loaded shotgun in the house.

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