INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a 9-year-old girl was injured in a shooting on Indianapolis' northwest side early Tuesday morning.
IMPD officers responded to an apartment complex in the 5300 block of Winterberry Drive, near Moller Road and West 56th Street, around 6 a.m. on Aug. 23 for a report of a person shot.
Police found a 9-year-old girl with apparent gunshot wound(s) who was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, according to police. Investigators believe the girl was in bed when the shots were fired into the apartment.
"And I hear her screaming, 'My baby, my baby!' And we both, me and my son ran downstairs. I opened my door and she's holding her oldest baby," said neighbor Candace Coe.
Detectives do not believe the apartment was the intended target of the shooting.
"He could have shot that baby – he, she, whoever – they could have shot that baby in the head or you know anything. Like, this is ridiculous. This is way too much," Coe said.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Detective Scheid at the IMPD Aggravated Assault office at 317-327-3475. People can also contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
NOTE: Police originally said they believed the victim is a teenager. IMPD later said the victim is a 9-year-old girl.