Shots Pierce Roseland Home, Hit Girl Inside
CHICAGO (STMW) - An 11-year-old girl was inside a residence in the Roseland neighborhood when a bullet went through a window and hit her in the arm Sunday afternoon on the Far South Side.
The bullet went through a window and hit her in the arm at 1:15 p.m. while she was inside a residence at 10121 S. Perry Ave., according to a Calumet District police lieutenant.
Paramedics responded at 1:16 p.m. and took her in serious, but "stable" condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Joe Roccasalva.
The lieutenant said the child was not the target, but it was not known immediately who, if anyone, was inside the residence with her.
Calumet Area detectives are investigating.
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