INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating another shooting Friday that injured a young girl.
Officers responded to a report of a person shot shortly after 10 p.m. Friday in the 4100 block of South Post Road, Southeastern Avenue, shortly after 10 p.m. They arrived to find an 11-year-old girl who had apparently been shot.
Preliminary investigation reports the shooting was accidental.
The victim was taken to Riley Hospital for Children in critical condition, according to IMPD. IMPD said the victim remains in "critical but stable" condition.
Police said a child was showing another child a handgun that was bought for them when the shooting happened.
"This is another case of kids playing with guns and, unfortunately, something happened and the gun went off," IMPD Capt. Don Weilhammer said.
Detectives located and detained a suspect, and then released the suspect, pending further investigation.
The shooting happened hours after an 8-year-old was reportedly wounded by an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound on the northwest side. That child was also taken to Riley Hospital.
Earlier Friday, another juvenile was critically wounded in a shooting on North Tuxedo Street.
The shooting happened hours after an 8-year-old was reportedly wounded by an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound on the northwest side. That child was also taken to Riley Hospital.
Earlier Friday, another juvenile was critically wounded in a shooting on North Tuxedo Street.