5-year-old accidentally shot
The Associated Press
8/20/03 2:08 PM
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) -- A 5-year-old girl was wounded in what was believed to be an accidental shooting Wednesday in rural Rapides Parish, authorities said.
The girl was taken to Christus St. Francis Cabrini hospital, where she was in surgery, Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Frost said.
The bullet, fired from a handgun, went through the girl's buttocks and into her lower abdomen, Frost said.
It was unclear who had the gun when it went off. The parents were on the scene at the time of the shooting, Frost said, but no names were being released at this point in the investigation.
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