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Child injured after house shot up in West Memphis

West Memphis police are investigating

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WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A young girl was shot early Friday morning when the house she was in was shot up in West Memphis.

According to West Memphis police, the girl was inside a home on Holiday Dr. when the house was hit with bullets.

Officers were called to Holiday street to a residence being shot on 5/14. Officers made contact with a juvenile victim with non-life threatening injuries and rendered aid until emergency services transported to LeBonheur Hospital. Case is still actively being investigated.
— West Memphis Police Department (@westmemphispd) May 14, 2021

The child was taken to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis with non-life threatening injuries.

This is an ongoing investigation.