A 10-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet in his neck during a shootout outside his family's home in northwest Indiana Thursday night.

A 10-year-old boy in Gary was wounded by a stray bullet on Thursday when a group of men exchanged gunfire outside his home, according to police.

A 10-year-old was struck by a stray bullet inside a Gary home amid a triple shooting outside Thursday night. At around 6:25 p.m., Gary police responded to multiple reports of gunfire

The child was in a home when they were struck after shots were fired between three people in the street, police said.