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Police believe 12-year-old girl was injured in Atlanta shooting by group of males playing with gun

According to officers, a caller told police his daughter had been injured in her leg.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Police Department is looking into the circumstances of a shooting after they said a 12-year-old was injured. It appears the shooting that happened at an apartment complex might have been accidental, stemming from a group of people playing with a gun, according to APD.

The call came in Saturday evening from a Stone Road address. According to officers, the caller told police his daughter had been shot in the leg. The child was conscious, breathing and her mother took her to the Wellstar location on Cleveland Ave. She was later transported to Children's Egleston Hospital.

“Right now, the preliminary information is that some males hanging out in the breezeway, stairway area of the apartment possibly were playing, messing around with a firearm and the firearm was discharged," police said.

They don't believe the young girl was targeted. They said there were five males present and they believe one of them is 24 years old. 

"We’re still trying to get in touch with the one male that we know his name that was out here, but again there were five total. We don’t know the identifies of the other four," police said.

It's also unclear if the 24-year-old was the person who had the gun. 

Police are still investigating the shooting. 

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