9-year-old grazed by stray bullet on way to beach in Cleveland shooting
By Keith Grant
Published on April 6, 2026.
A 9-year-old boy was grazed by a stray bullet while sitting in the back seat of his father's car near a McDonald's in Cleveland. The incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. at the McDonald’s on E 152nd Street and St. Clair Avenue. Cleveland EMS confirmed that two minors, ages 9 and 17, were shot and had non-life threatening injuries. The father, Brad Packer, discovered his son's injury at a gas station and drove across an intersection to where police had blocked off a car in front of Collinwood High School. The boy is doing well and his father, Joe, described him as a "very brave young man."
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