Boy, 11, shot in the face and neck in Sydney dies from his injuries

A police car outside the building in Norwest, Sydney, where the 11-year-old boy suffered his fatal injuries. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

A boy who was allegedly shot at a home in Sydney’s north-west earlier this week has died.

Police said that the boy, who had been in a critical condition since being found with a gunshot wound at a unit in Norwest on Monday, died in hospital at about 8pm on Thursday.