By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 21, 2015

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police in New Orleans are looking for a gunman who fired shots in a neighborhood, injuring a 2-year-old girl.

Nola.com/The Times-Picayune (https://bit.ly/1J50MUC ) reports an unknown man fired two shots Monday evening. Police say the girl was playing outside with other children. Two adults were watching the children at the time.

Investigators say a bullet struck the girl in the leg. A neighbor says she appeared to be OK and wasn’t crying when her family rushed her to the hospital.

Police did not provide an update on the girl’s condition.

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Information from: The Times-Picayune, https://www.nola.com

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