. >> that is darlene van riper of wilmington talking about her 12-year-old grandson, christian williams one of four people caught up in a shooting along van buren street. christian was playing tag with 12-year-old essence, when gun fire erupted. >> i was going to go home, he said go, so i went home to my mom. >> essence is now recovering from a gunshot wound to the thigh. >> christian on the other hand was shot twice and remains hospitalized in stable condition. >> we started running he dodged behind a car and i looked back and he was on the ground with gunshots. >> he was in shock. he had gunshot in his leg. >> and he had a gunshot in his side. >> the other two victims are identify only as a 15-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the stomach and leg and the fourth is a 16-year-old shot in the leg and right arm. he remains in stable condition. meanwhile darlene van riper says the only way to describe the shooting is the sign of the time zbrz the violence, the neighborhood has changed. it's changed over the years. and the neighborhood was never like thi

darlene van riper says that what happened to her grandson can be described as a testimony to what has become of her neighborhood. >> the violence, the neighborhood has changed. it has changed over the years. and the neighborhood was never like this. >> reporter: now investigators are looking into reports that last night's shooting involving at least two people was somehow linked to another shooting this week and last night was the third shooting in the hedgeville neighborhood in the last week. as for the latest case no suspects and no arrested. walter perez, channel 6 "action news" >>> five people were hurt when an suv collided with a car and almost hit a church. the video is here at olney, officers were on the way to the call when it happened. the officers when to the hospital and so did three other people including a 10-year-old girl. we are waiting to find out how badly the police were hurt. >>> plenty of sunshine earlier today and we saw on walter's live report some of you are seeing rain. lets take it to melissa magee and find out what is going on. she is in for adam. >> reporter

darlene van ripe per herd the gunfire. >> i got up from my bed i said oh, christian. >> she ran outside to see her 12-year-old grandson christian williams sitting on the steps of a row home nursing two bullet wounds. >> he was in shock. he had, um, gunshot in this leg an gunshot in his thigh. >> reporter: are a rant shot shattered this storm door. fuentes family was bringing groceries into their home 15 feet away when the bullets started flying. >> my dad, he tried to cover us. >> reporter: your dad tried to cover with his body. >> yeah. >> reporter: what did he say to you? get on the ground. >> wilmington police were unavailable for comment on camera about this latest violence. but in a press release they asked anyone who saw anything tuesday night to give them a call. lincoln corbin hopes police find the shooters but he isn't waiting around for justice. >> try not to be scared to live live but when you're in neighborhood like this, you know -- >> reason to be scared. >> yes, always a reason to really watch what you're doing every second to really look behind your shoulder, look over y

. >> reporter: darlene van ryper says the gunfire woke her up. her worst fears imagined. her 12-year-old grandson, christian williams, was shot on his right hip and in his foot. >> he was outside with his friends, and they were on their way home. they had just gone to the store. and they were -- they were on their way home. they just got -- mixed up in the crossfire. >> reporter: police tell us this is the fourth shooting in hedgeville since june 10th. we counted more than 15 casing markings left by detectives last night. a doorframe was bent, glass shattered. ralph johnson showed us the blood stains on his boots. he rushed to help the 15-year-old male shot at least three times. >> he had a bullet hole here, and i guess he tried to stop one of the bullets because it looked like one of his fingers was like snapped. so i mean, it was -- it was really sad. it hurt me to see him like that. >> reporter: and that grandmother we talked to says she has lived in hedgeville for 30 years. she hopes that things calm down so people can go back outside and feel safe again. live in wilm

. >> reporter: not far away, this grandmother, darlene van ryper, total us her 12-year-old grandson was shot in the right hip and foot. >> they had just gone to the store. and they were -- they were on their way home. and they just got mixed up in the crossfire. >> reporter: police tell us this is the fourth shooting in hedgeville since june 10th. some point to gang activity. others cite teens the street because the boys and girls club down the street is closed. >> they kids have nothing to do. in the summertime, they're running the streets. you know, they don't have safe havens. >> reporter: this dad says his mission is to keep his small children out of harm's way. >> i'm scared when i come outside. i look three or four ways before i cross the street. i've got three kids. very cautious of where i go with them. >> reporter: this evening police are not confirming or denying the presence of gang activity, but they say they don't have a suspect in the shooting. live in wilmington, nbc10 news. >>> turning to the terror in orlando. >> as communities across the country mourn the 49 people kil