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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Four Year Old, Shot at Inner Harbor, Now “Running Like a Maniac”

A stick-on bandage is the only thing covering Kavin Benson's dime-size bullet wound.

It hasn't stopped the rambunctious 4-year-old, who was shot moments after the July 4 fireworks ended at the Inner Harbor, from dancing, jumping and climbing all over his family's Brooklyn apartment. And it hasn't stopped the child, sporting a red T-shirt and Dr. Seuss shoes, from seeking revenge.

When he finds the person who shot him, Kavin said, he's going to "punch him in the face."

The small-caliber slug, possibly from a celebratory shot fired into the air, entered the top of his right thigh near his hip. It seared its way down inside the length of his leg and lodged behind his femur, where doctors were forced to leave it.

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