‘This feud is only starting’: 30 pellets left in baby’s leg after shooting

An eight-month-old boy was lucky to escape with his life after he, along with his mother and teenage uncle, were blasted with a shotgun in broad daylight.

‘This feud is only starting’: 30 pellets left in baby’s leg after shooting

It is thought that up to 30 pellets struck his leg, breaking it.

His mother, aged 29, who is understood to have been holding her son at her hip, received injuries to her hand. The boy’s uncle, aged 17, was shot in the stomach.

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