CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — A one-year-old male was shot Saturday night and is recovering with non-life-threatening injuries.
The police were dispatched shortly before 8 pm Saturday night to South Bluff Park after reports of a shooting involving a child.
Upon arriving at the scene officers quickly determined that the shooting had occurred at the 1500 block of Howard Street.
Police say they were able to determine that a 16-year-old girl was handling a gun in a bedroom when it fired and struck the child.
The child was located at a local hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, while the girl was detained and transferred to Nueces County Juvenile Justice Center for booking.
