Boy, 7, shot in leg in the Bronx

NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - The NYPD and emergency personnel responded to the Mott Haven section of the Bronx on Wednesday after a boy was shot in the leg.

The boy, 7, was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he is being treated.

The boy was walking with his grandmother near the Mill Brook Houses on East 137th Street and St. Ann's Avenue just after 12 p.m. when gunfire erupted and he was hit, police said.

"It sounded like a shootout. It's sounded like two different caliber guns," Jesus Gonzalez, a passerby, told FOX 5 NY. "It was like six shots."

Security camera video shows a man in a hooded sweatshirt sprinting from the scene. Police said he fired multiple shots from a revolver.

Police are asking anyone with information on this shooting to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. Police say that calls are confidential.