NEW IBERIA, La. — Police are investigating a shooting that left a five-year-old child injured on Thursday.
The shooting happened at the Raceway gas station on LA-14 at 10:44 am, according to Sgt. Daesha Hughes, spokesperson for the New Iberia Police Department.
The girl was in a vehicle with her mother and other siblings when a shot was fired.
The girl was transported to a hospital and is in stable condition.
Police say no one else was injured.
Details are limited at this time and the case remains under investigation.
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