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Shreveport Police are on the hunt for a suspect involved in a hit and run that sent a 4-year old to the hospital.

According to KSLA, the unnamed child was riding his bicycle at the LIVE Shreveport apartment complex near Judson Elementary School around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon when a truck hit the child, then immediately fled the scene.  The vehicle was described by eye witnesses as a white dually that left the scene of the crime down Lakeshore Drive just south of Cross Lake.

The 4-year old was taken to an area hospital where he is receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries.

Officials with the Shreveport Police Department are asking anyone who may have been a witness or may know who did it to help them solve this crime. If you have any information that could help law enforcement authorities apprehend the person behind the wheel, please reach out.

You can contact the SPD directly at 318 673-7300, or you can drop your tip to the Shreveport Caddo Parish Crime Stoppers at 318 673-7373 or via their app, P3Tips.  If you go through the app, please include CAD # 20-178844 with any information that can bring this person to justice.

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