A toddler and his father are recovering after being injured in a New Year's Eve drive-by shooting in Mesquite.
Mesquite Police said officers called to a shooting along the 1600 block of Springwood Drive on Sunday night arrived to find two injured people, a man and his 1-year-old son.
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Maria Arellano told NBC 5 that her 28-year-old son was visiting her home in Mesquite and was feeding his son at the dining room table when they were hurt.
"We heard a loud boom. But I thought it was because being December 31, people are notorious for fireworks," Arellano said. "Then, boom, boom, boom. And then my son is like, 'They're shooting'."
Arellano said she remembers seeing her son was hold his neck.
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"Then they started screaming, 'The baby's bleeding. The baby's bleeding,'" Arellano recalled. "So, I grabbed a towel to put pressure on it. And I was just going crazy because I didn't know if [it was] my son or my grandson."
The bullets ripped through the home's window frame and grazed the man's neck and the side of his son's head. Another round ended up across the kitchen in a cabinet.
Both the man and toddler were taken to the hospital.
Arellano said it's a miracle that her son and grandson are alive. Her son has been discharged from the hospital, but her grandson remains hospitalized at Children's Medical Center in Dallas for minor bruising on his head.
"My son didn't require any stitches. By the grace of God, he's alive. He is okay," Arellano said. My grandson, on the other hand… they ended up doing the surgical stitches. And he's okay now, but obviously he's very, very upset. He wants to hold his mom, and he wakes up crying because of everything that happened."
Police have not confirmed who the gunman was shooting at but said Tuesday the man and his son were not the intended targets of the shooting.
"This is unfathomable, to be sitting at dinner holding your child and a bullet comes through and strikes you and your child," Lt. Brandon Ricketts with Mesquite Police said. "You're, again, millimeters away from working a homicide of a child."
A vehicle found near Arellano's house was also struck by gunfire.
Investigators looking into the shooting said surveillance video showed a small four-door sedan driving down Springwood Drive just after 7 p.m. Police said the video showed the driver stopping the vehicle near Arellano's house. Moments later someone is seen exiting the vehicle and shooting towards a white vehicle.
The driver of the white vehicle called police moments after the shooting.
"They contacted us. They do not understand what happened or why this happened," Ricketts said. "All they can say is they heard a loud pop and then their window broke. And we saw several bullets in their vehicle as well, broken glass, broken windows."
No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been identified. Mesquite Police have also not shared any further details on a possible motive for the shooting or provided a more detailed description of the shooter's car.
Police are ask neighbors in the area to check their home surveillance video from New Years Eve. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Mesquite Police Department.
