A 9-year-old boy was shot 4 times in an Atlanta drive-by shooting while he was filming himself for TikTok videos.
Javonni Carson, a grade 4 honor roll student, was struck 4 times in his left leg on Wednesday during a drive-by shooting.
The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday in an East Atlanta parking lot.
According to the mother of the boy, Carson went through surgery and will survive.
Javonni was reportedly recording TikTok videos with his 2 siblings when a gunman in a car started shooting into a crowd of people outside.
Keyona Carson, the mother of the boy, said:
My other two kids were there too, and they saw everything. Someone just drove by and started shooting.
2 other people, men, were hit in the hand and buttocks respectively.
A total of 42 spent shell casings were recovered by the authorities from the scene.
Investigations revealed that 5 cars in the area were hit by the bullets.
A dark vehicle could be seen driving through the parking lot before a passenger could be seen pulling out a gun and open firing.
During an interview with the press, Carson, the mother of the victim, said:
My 11-year-old said he was trying to crawl over to [Javonni], but there were already so many people on the ground. I didn’t know anything until I got to the hospital. I just knew he’d been shot.
No arrests have been made so far.
Jovanni, the 9-year-old boy, went through surgery so doctors could repair his shattered femur and is recovering at a hospital.
He is currently recovering with doctors saying he will be alright