Man charged with shooting boy, 10, appears in court

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CLEVELAND (WJW) — A 65-year-old man charged in the shooting of a 10-year-old boy was handed a $10,000 bond at his first court appearance on Wednesday.

George K. Zatik Jr., 65, of Cleveland, is charged in Cleveland Municipal Court with felonious assault in the Monday, Feb. 19, shooting along Gifford Avenue, according to court records.

Officers dispatched there just after 3 p.m. on Monday for a report of a person shot found the 10-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the stomach, according to Cleveland police. He was transported to a hospital.

A Cleveland police spokesperson on Wednesday told the FOX 8 I-Team the boy’s condition has since been upgraded to “stable.”

Sources have told the I-Team the shooting may have been accidental.

Zatik is due back in court on Feb. 29. He has been ordered not to have contact with the victim.