HOW HE WAS SHOT

Here's the explanation in the Newsday of how the 12 year old boy was shot.
"A 12-YEAR-OLD boy had his New Year’s eve celebration cut short, almost permanently, after he was hit by a stray bullet which still remains lodged in the right side of his chest.
Aaron Ford was ringing in the New Year by lighting fire crackers a short distance from ...home on Old Year’s Night, when the incident occurred."