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An 8-year-old boy was shot in the leg Saturday night in Cleveland's St. Clair-Superior neighborhood, police said.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - An 8-year-old boy was shot in the leg Saturday night on the city's East Side, police said.

He was taken to University Hospitals for treatment. His condition is unknown.

Few other details about the shooting were available Sunday morning. The shooting happened on the 1000 block of East 71st Street, just south of St. Clair Avenue in the city's St. Clair-Superior neighborhood, Cleveland police spokesman Det. Reginald Lanton said.

Two 5-year-old children were also injured in the incident when they hit by flying glass, Lanton said. Their current conditions are also unknown.

No information about a suspect was made available.

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