The 11-year-old died at Westmead children’s hospital three days after incident at a unit in Norwest

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A young 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.