12 year old boy shot by neighbour

Travis Neal, Jr.
A 12-year-old boy is recovering after being shot after he tried to retrieve his ball from a neighbour's garden. 

Friends of Travis Neal Jr. said he was hit in the stomach. He managed to stagger home where paramedics rushed him to hospital for emergency surgery. 

A 79-year-old man was arrested after the shooting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Police said there had been a 'prior altercation' before a single shot was fired.