Three-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Shot At His Birthday Party In Florida

The boy was likely struck by a stray bullet, when "unknown subjects armed with various semi-automatic weapons" began discharging the firearms towards the residence as the child's family cleaned up the yard after the party.

Police in Florida were investigating Tuesday the murder of a three-year-old boy who was shot and killed at his own birthday party. Elijah LaFrance was likely struck by a stray bullet in a Miami suburb Saturday evening, when "unknown subjects armed with various semi-automatic weapons, to include rifles, arrived on the scene and began discharging the firearms towards the residence" as the child's family cleaned up the yard after the party, Miami-Dade police said. The toddler was taken to the hospital, where he "succumbed to his injuries," according to police. Authorities were offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects in the case.