A 13-year-old boy has died after being
struck by a falling bullet that was likely shot into the air like a firework in northwest Indiana last weekend.
Noah Inman, of the 1600 block of 171st Pl. in Hammond, was pronounced dead at 2:06 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
At around 9:30 p.m. on July 1, police said Inman had been playing basketball with a group of kids in the 7300 block of Harrison Ave. when he suddenly fell down.
Witnesses at the scene thought he may have had a seizure and called for an ambulance. Once at the hospital, officials discovered Inman had been hit by a falling bullet that was shot into the sky by someone in a nearby community.
He was flown to Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago where he died Friday.
Police said an investigation determined the bullet was "most likely fired into the air like a firework."
"The Hammond Police Department would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to the Inman family," police said in a statement Sunday.