It's happened again.
Another small child has been struck by gunfire in Minneapolis.
The most recent happening last night in the 3500 block of Penn Avenue North, where a six-year-old girl was shot in the head.
Minneapolis police say the girl was riding in a car when shots rang out, one of the bullets hitting her.
A man was wounded in that incident, and he was taken to North Memorial Hospital.
The girl was transported to HCMC.
Both the man and the girl are reported in critical condition.
Local activist Kay G. Wilson confirms on his Facebook page that it was his granddaughter.
She is the third child shot in the last three weeks in Minneapolis.
The other two remain hospitalized in very serious condition.
Even before this most recent incident, community and city leaders stood at a north Minneapolis intersection to talk about the recent violence and a way out.
Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo reports there have been
19 children struck by gunfire in the city less than midway through the year.
Also on Monday, dozens of people gathered outside North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale to pray for two children fighting to stay alive after being shot over the last 10 days.
Police say 9-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith remains in critical condition after being shot in the head Saturday night while bouncing on a trampoline in the Jordan neighborhood.
Two weeks ago, 10-year-old Ladavionne Garrett Jr., was shot while riding in a vehicle in Minneapolis.
Garrett remains in the same hospital in critical condition.