3-year-old boy fatally shot inside Indiana home, police say

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MERRILLVILLE, IND. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A toddler has died after a shooting in Merrillville, Indiana Monday night.

Police said they responded to a shooting at a home on 79th Place at around 5:45 p.m. and found a three-year-old boy had been wounded. Paramedics tended to the boy before taking him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

He is being remembered as a bright little boy who was always happy. Police have not released more information at this point.

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