The Kings County Sheriff’s Department arrested a suspect, 29-year-old Rowdy Paulo, whom detectives charged with attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, and shooting a firearm at an inhabited building.
The incident occurred at about 3 a.m. when the five-year-old and an 11-year-old were watching television in a living room of a home on Iona Avenue when a shot was suddenly fired into the house, striking the young boy.
The mother rushed the youth to Adventist Medical Center.
Detectives investigated the shooting and found a bullet hole in the east wall of the building and another hole in an interior wall where they also found the bullet. Further investigation helped to identify a suspect which culminated in the arrest of the suspect.