INDIANAPOLIS — A 17-year-old girl was wounded by a bullet that ricocheted after a man shot at a dog on the near east side Thursday night.
The shooting happened shortly before 11 p.m. in the 200 block of North Forest Avenue, near East New York Street and North Keystone Avenue.
Police tell 13News a man was walking when a dog began to chase him. The man reportedly fired twice at the dog, striking the animal. One of the bullets ricocheted and hit the girl, who was sitting on a porch nearby.
The girl was taken to the hospital with a graze wound. Her injuries were not believed to be serious.
The man fled from the scene, and police are working to locate him.
Anyone with additional information on the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.