The Youngstown Police Department has identified a three-year-old boy who was killed in a shooting that occurred inside a house on the 2000 block of Pointview Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio.

YPD Lieutenant Mohammad Awad identified the three-year-old as Keilub Paul.

Police say the incident happened around 5 p.m. on Monday, April 14.

Lieutenant Awad spoke with 21 News about the investigation saying Keilub's family is not cooperating with police.

The department has yet to determine the intention and/or reason for this incident, but a police report states that the shooting was determined to have been accidental.

Keilub was taken to the emergency room but was pronounced dead in the hours to follow.

21 News will be updating this story as it develops.

 

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