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    Detroit man charged with shooting 7-year-old boy in Inkster

    By DeJanay Booth-Singleton,

    3 hours ago

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    (CBS DETROIT) - A Detroit man is charged in connection with the shooting of a 7-year-old boy last month.

    According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Antwon Tyree Williams, 22, is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, discharge in a building causing injury, careless discharge causing injury and three counts of felony firearm.

    He was arraigned on Aug. 7 and received a $100,000 cash/surety bond.

    Inkster police were called on July 15 to an apartment in the 400 block of Tobin Drive for a shooting. Officers found the 7-year-old boy inside the apartment suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.

    Prosecutors allege that Williams was handling a gun when it fired, striking the child. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

    "This is yet another case where, yet another child was shot inside a home where a gun was present. We have tried just about everything to try to stop this from happening. Adults failed this child," Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement.

    A probable cause hearing is scheduled for Aug. 21.

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