By Associated Press - Wednesday, August 23, 2017

ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta police say a stray bullet has injured a child after it traveled through her home and struck her arm.

Lt. Greg Lyon tells local news outlets the 9-year-old girl was inside an apartment when gunfire from an apparent drive-by shooting broke out Tuesday around 8 p.m. The girl was alert, conscious and breathing when she was taken to the hospital.

Lyon says witnesses told police that a sedan pulled up to the apartment building and multiple people inside started shooting. Two units were sprayed with a “large number” of bullets.



Lyon says it’s unclear which apartment unit was the intended target.

No arrests have been made. The case remains under investigation.

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