10-year-old boy shot while walking through Alabama park [Video]

Police responded to a park in Birmingham Wednesday night after a 10-year-old boy was shot.It happened just before 6 p.m. at East Lake Park, according to the Birmingham Police Department. Officers say the boy was walking through the park with his mom when he suddenly felt pain in his arm; his mom then realized that he had been shot.The pair quickly ran to the 100 block of 84th, near the East Lake Park community swimming pool, where police say either a football or cheerleading practice was underway.>> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for freeParents at the practice then jumped into action, rendering medical aid to the boy and offering emotional support to his mother until first responders arrived at the scene. The boy was transported from the scene to Children’s of Alabama. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.Edward Smith lives near the park. “I’m sort of fed …