Emory University Hospital Midtown staff contacted police Friday after the parents brought the child there with a gunshot wound, Atlanta police spokeswoman Officer Lisa Bender said.

“Officers responded to the hospital and after speaking with the parents of the child, gained information that the shooting happened at 1187 2nd St. NW,” she said Monday in an emailed statement. “Investigators obtained a search warrant for that location in order to locate evidence of the shooting.”