6-year-old shot, critically injured in Greenup County
GREENUP, Ky. (AP) — Police are investigating after a child was shot and critically injured at a Greenup County home.
Kentucky State Police spokesman Mike Murriel tells local media that the 6-year-old girl was playing with two other young children on Sunday afternoon when one of the other children accidentally shot her. The girl was taken to Cabell-Huntington Hospital in West Virginia and is now in stable but critical condition.
She was shot on her left side between her shoulder and her heart.
Police are continuing to investigate. No names have been released.