A 6-month-old girl was riddled by shotgun pellets and suffered life-threatening injuries early Thursday in Pueblo when two men in a car opened fire on the child’s house.
Four people, including the child, were hit by dozens of pellets from the shotgun blast, said Sgt. Eric Bravo of the Pueblo Police Department.
A 17-year-old boy standing on the front porch received the brunt of the blast, being hit by more than 60 pellets, said Bravo. The boy’s name is not being released because of his age.
Anthony Loudy, 20, the father of the 6-month-old girl, was hit by more than 25 pellets, said Bravo.
Bravo said the blast went through the open front door of the home in the 800 block of East Fifth Street, striking the child and Christine Rodriguez, 20, who were sitting on the floor of the living room.
The baby was hit by 14 pellets in the back, neck and the back of her head. She was flown to Colorado Springs to be treated for life-threatening injuries, said the police spokesman.
The shooting in east Pueblo was believed to be gang-related, Bravo said.
He said two sisters from the same family are dating members of two different Latino street gangs, the Dukes and the Aces.
Police said the occupants of the house claimed they did not know the occupants of the car, described as two adult males and one child.
Loudy and his wife told police that about 12:30 a.m., the suspects drove up to the house. They exchanged words with the people on the porch and drove away but then made a U-turn and came back.
Words were again exchanged, and then gunfire erupted.
Bravo said the Loudys had just moved into the home and were showing it to some friends.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
