UPDATE, Dec. 26, 10:30 a.m. | Kansas City, Missouri police have identified the victim as 3-year-old Quezariah Jackson.
UPDATE, Dec. 25, 11:43 a.m. | Kansas City, Missouri, police provided an update with "immense grief" Sunday morning that the child died at the hospital Saturday night.
While the incident is believed to be accidental, a death investigation of the shooting will continue.
No suspects are being sought, and the medical examiner's office will make the final ruling on the cause of death, per KCPD.
ORIGINAL STORY | A child under the age of 5 was critically injured Saturday night in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri.
A police spokesperson told KSHB 41 that around 6:45 p.m., officers were called to the 7800 block of James A. Reed on a reported shooting.
Officers located a child under the age of five suffering from trauma associated with a gunshot wound. The child was taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries.
Police say the circumstances of the shooting are under investigation. No suspects are being sought, according to police.
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