Boy 'shot in chest'
A BOY aged 13 armed with a ball-bearing gun was arrested after another boy was shot in the chest and a toddler was threatened.
A neighbour phoned police after she saw a youth pointing the BB gun at children in Hillrise Avenue, Sompting, on Monday.
There were earlier reports of a 12-year-old being shot in the chest the day before and then a child aged just 18-months being threatened. A boy was arrested and taken to a police station for questioning. Police confiscated the gun.
It is an offence to carry BB guns in public since new powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act, 2003, came into effect in January.