'We need your help,' police chief says

Boston Police are pleading with the public for information in a shooting that involved a 9-year-old girl. Police said the child was playing in a Roxbury playground on Annunciation Road when shots were fired just after 1 a.m. Sunday. "We need your help on this one," Boston Police Chief William Gross said. "There's too many guns on the street. Time for everyone to pull together and help us solve this one." Police said there was some sort of party taking place in the adjacent parking lot when at some point, someone began firing into a crowd, striking the child as a result. The child was alert and talking when she was taken to the hospital for surgery. She is expected to recover. If you have any tips, please call Boston Police.Get the WCVB News App

Boston Police are pleading with the public for information in a shooting that involved a 9-year-old girl.

Police said the child was playing in a Roxbury playground on Annunciation Road when shots were fired just after 1 a.m. Sunday.


"We need your help on this one," Boston Police Chief William Gross said. "There's too many guns on the street. Time for everyone to pull together and help us solve this one."

Police said there was some sort of party taking place in the adjacent parking lot when at some point, someone began firing into a crowd, striking the child as a result.

The child was alert and talking when she was taken to the hospital for surgery. She is expected to recover.

If you have any tips, please call Boston Police.