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A 13-year-old boy sitting on his grandmother's couch was shot late Sunday after an unknown gunman opened fire on her house on East 153rd Street.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 13-year-old boy sitting on his grandmother's couch was shot in the back late Sunday by an unknown gunman.



The boy, whose age was originally reported as 11, was listed as stable and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, according to a police report.



The boy's grandmother was watching him and his sister at her home on East 153rd Street near Harvard Avenue Sunday night, the report says. The boy was on a couch that sits in front of two large windows at the front of the home.

The gunfire erupted about 10:25 p.m., the report says.

The grandmother heard four shots, three of which went into the house. One struck the child in his lower back, the report says.



A witness who asked to remain anonymous told police that a Chrysler 300 sped away on East 153rd Street immediately after the shooting, the report says.

Police searched the area but did not find the car.



Officers found three bullet casings and a live round in the grandmother's front yard.



She told police that she did not know anyone who would want to hurt her or any of her grandchildren. One of her grandchildren, a 17-year-old boy, left the house about 10 minutes before the shooting, the report says.

The shooting was one of two this weekend that involved Cleveland children falling victim to drive-by gunfire.

A 12-year-old boy was shot Saturday as he sat on his front porch on East 66th Street and Superior Avenue.

Police say the two incidents are not related. Detectives have made no arrests in either case

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