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Last updated on Thursday, February 5, 2015
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A 9-year-old was shot early Tuesday evening on the northwest side of Indianapolis while selling Girl Scout cookies.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police say the incident happened in a neighborhood near North Michigan and Westlane roads.
Neighbors say they saw two suspects -- one wearing a hooded sweatshirt and the second with dreadlocks -- pull up to the side of the Retreat Cooperative apartment complex in a green or blue Expedition. Neighbors described a hand with a glove reach out of the vehicle firing a gun.
Police say the 9-year-old girl started running and was hit in the calf. She was transported to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in stable condition.
Investigators went door to door asking people if they heard or saw anything. No one has been arrested and the shooting is under investigation. .
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.
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