Stepfather of 10-year-old shooting victim: Bullet 'split his flesh down to his skull'

Three gunmen sprayed bullets on a busy street in Winton Terrace shattering windows, and splitting the scalp of a 10-year-old boy down the narrow dividing line between life and death.“So many things could have happened. He could have been dead,” said the victim’s stepfather, Quincy Tolliver. “The bullet grazed the top of his head, split his flesh down to his skull.”Billy Parrot remains at Children’s Hospital after being shot as he played with other children near his home.Related: 10-year-old grazed by bullet in Winton Hills, police sayPolice said the three gunmen were targeting another man when they drove onto Craft Street and opened fire. All three fired from handguns. They missed their target but hit two cars, an apartment and Parrot, investigators said. “Not caring if the kids were right there, elderly people, not caring who else they hurt,” Tolliver said.A photo of the vehicle the gunmen used was captured on a license plate reading camera. Police said they’re looking for a dark colored Jeep Compass with a tag number of HBC 7325.“We want to get them off the street. That’s the highest priority for us right now to get them off the street and hold them accountable for what they did,” said Cincinnati police Lt. Steve Saunders. Parrot is expected to make a full recovery.

Three gunmen sprayed bullets on a busy street in Winton Terrace shattering windows, and splitting the scalp of a 10-year-old boy down the narrow dividing line between life and death.

“So many things could have happened. He could have been dead,” said the victim’s stepfather, Quincy Tolliver. “The bullet grazed the top of his head, split his flesh down to his skull.”


Billy Parrot remains at Children’s Hospital after being shot as he played with other children near his home.

Related: 10-year-old grazed by bullet in Winton Hills, police say

Police said the three gunmen were targeting another man when they drove onto Craft Street and opened fire. All three fired from handguns. They missed their target but hit two cars, an apartment and Parrot, investigators said.

“Not caring if the kids were right there, elderly people, not caring who else they hurt,” Tolliver said.

A photo of the vehicle the gunmen used was captured on a license plate reading camera. Police said they’re looking for a dark colored Jeep Compass with a tag number of HBC 7325.

“We want to get them off the street. That’s the highest priority for us right now to get them off the street and hold them accountable for what they did,” said Cincinnati police Lt. Steve Saunders.

Parrot is expected to make a full recovery.