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Young girl injured in west Wichita shooting

Shooting injury

UPDATE: Police say a 12-year-old is hospitalized after being accidentally shot in a Wichita apartment by an adult carelessly handling a gun. Wichita police say in a news release that the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Monday, when officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Magnolia Woods Apartments. Arriving officers found a 12-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to her arm and shoulder. The girl was taken to a Wichita hospital and is expected to recover. Police arrested 23-year-old Christian Lehl, whom investigators say was caring for the girl, his niece, along with another niece and nephew, all under 14. Investigators say Lehl was showing the gun to an 18-year-old friend when it accidentally fired.
A young girl was critically injured in a shooting in west Wichita. It happened around 8:00 p.m. Monday night at the Magnolia Wood Apartments in the 3600 block of west 13th.

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Police say a girl, 12, was shot at least once, and was rushed to an area hospital in critical, but stable condition.

A police spokesman says they believe the shooting took place inside one of the apartments, and that two other people were inside the apartment at the time.

Investigators have been talking with people to determine what led up to the shooting.  It's not known if the shooting was accidental or intentional.