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7-year-old critical after being shot

Posted at 4:33 PM, Apr 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-09 19:34:17-04

A seven-year-old girl is in the hospital after she was critically injured in a shooting in Washington.

District of Columbia police say the child was shot at about 9:40 p.m. on Friday on the 2400 block of Hartford Street.

Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said the child and her parents were coming back from dinner when gunfire broke out.

Police say the incident is under investigation and no arrests have been made.