As a result of a medical procedure performed today on Korryn Gaines’ five-year-old son Kodi, Baltimore County Police believe the child was struck by a round fired by their officer during their fatal confrontation with Gaines Monday at her Randallstown apartment.

“The injury from which the round was recovered is to the boy’s left cheek and is consistent with BCoPD’s previous confirmation that he suffered a wound to an extremity and shrapnel wounds to the upper body,” the agency said, in a statement released late today.

Until this point, police had said they couldn’t confirm whether the child was struck by the police officer’s weapon or by his 23-year-old mother’s shotgun.

The tactical officer whose round struck the child aimed at and killed Gaines, police said in the brief statement posted online.

The statement noted that the officer shot Gaines “after she aimed her Mossberg shotgun at him and threatened him.”

Police said additional forensics tests will be conducted on the recovered round. The procedure was performed on the child at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where he was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

VIDEO: Boy Speaks From Hospital

The child had been in the news yesterday, meanwhile, in the latest video to go viral in the case: speaking from his hospital bed, the five-year-old says that police shot him intentionally.

“They saw me run and then they hurt my arm,” Kodi says in a video that appears to have been made by his aunt.

“So they shot you on purpose?” the aunt says.

“Yes,” says the boy, both of whose arms appeared to be injured: one wrapped in a bandage and the other dotted with cuts.

Police were not commenting on the child’s account yesterday.

“I saw it and the chief saw it. We’re certainly happy the little boy is doing well,” said Elise Armacost, director of public affairs for Baltimore County Police, Fire and Emergency Management.

“We are continuing to investigate this case as thoroughly and carefully as we can,” Armacost continued.

As for the child’s allegation that police aimed at him, Armacost said she could not address that statement.

“We all know it’s possible to generate an emotional reaction by posting a video,” she said.