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3-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot In Mt. Washington

MT. WASHINGTON (KDKA) -- A 3-year-old girl was fatally shot in Mt. Washington on Sunday afternoon.

It happened around 1 p.m. at a home in the 700-block of Southern Avenue.

Details on how the shooting happened have not yet been released.

KDKA's Bob Allen reports that the girl's mother took her daughter and ran out of the house after the shooting occurred, and a passerby drove them to the hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead.

The woman and her daughter did not live in the residence where the shooting took place. Other children reportedly live in the house.

A resident and another person were taken to police headquarters.

It is unknown if any charges have been filed.

The investigation is ongoing.

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