ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was detained over the weekend after a 4-year-old boy was hospitalized in the wake of a local shootout last month, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

In an affidavit, deputies said they responded to 454 N. Park Ave. after receiving reports about the 4-year-old who’d been shot in the chest on Aug. 19.

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Upon arrival, first responders airlifted the child to the hospital, where it was discovered that there was shrapnel lodged in his chest, the affidavit states.

As part of the investigation, detectives said they found out that the boy’s father had wanted to speak with the boy’s mother “about her boyfriend physically abusing his son.”

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