It happened around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the 10500 block of Glory Meadow Court.

A mother and son are recovering after a shooting Sunday morning in Steele Creek.

It happened around 4:30 a.m. in the 10500 block of Glory Meadow Court. The woman and five-year-old boy were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the mother was shot in the arm; the child was shot in the leg. NBC Charlotte spoke to a neighbor who said the boy getting hurt was particularly upsetting.

"Why do that to a child? Put them through all that trauma," she said.

Neighbors said a man who lived in the house came by hours after the incident, walked around back , then left.

No arrests were made at the time of the shooting. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or visit the Crime Stoppers website.