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Milwaukee girl, 11, wounded in hail of gunfire

Investigators said they believe a suspect intentionally fired multiple gunshots into a home while people were inside, grazing the 11-year-old girl.

Milwaukee girl, 11, wounded in hail of gunfire

Investigators said they believe a suspect intentionally fired multiple gunshots into a home while people were inside, grazing the 11-year-old girl.

BRINGS US UP TO SPEED ON THE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION NEAR 44TH AND LOCUST. >> THAT GIRL IS NOW RECOVERING. YOU CAN SEE THE BULLET HOLES THAT HIT THIS HOME, ONE STRIKING THAT FIFTH GRADER AS SHE WALKED TO THE KITCHEN. >> SHE WAS JUST OVER HERE FOR EASTER BREAK AND I GOT A CALL. -- CALL SAYING MY DAUGHTER GOT SHOT. >> CIERRA MCCLOUD IS IN SHOCK AS HER DAUGHTER SHAMARIONA LAYS IN THE HOSPITAL BED. SHE IS TRYING TO BE STRONG. >> SHE WON’T TAKE OFF HER CAT EARS BECAUSE SHE SAYS CATS HAVE NINE LIVES. >> SHAMARIONA WILL LIVE, BUT WITH A PERMANENT REMINDER, A BULLET IN HER BODY FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. WHAT WAS GOING TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER WAS SHOT? >> IT’S NOT REAL. YOU’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MY BABY. >> BUT IT WAS TRUE. AT LEAST SIX BULLETS HIT THE GIRL’S GRANDMA’S HOUSE. ONE OF THEM PIERCING THE 11-YEAR-OLD SHOULDER. TWO OTHER KIDS INSIDE, WEREN’T HURT. MILWAUKEE POLICE BELIEVE WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE MEANT TO TARGET THIS HOUSE. >> SHE HAD TO HOLD PRESSURE TO HER BECAUSE SHE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHING UNTIL THE PARAMEDICS CAME. >> MCCLOUD SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE, BUT ASKS FOR THE VIOLENCE TO END. I’M JUST ASKING EVERYBODY CAN THEY PLEASE JUST STOP, PLEASE. THAT IS ALL I AM ASKING. BECAUSE KIDS DON’T DESERVE IT. >> IN MILWAUKEE, CHERNEY AMHARA, WISN 12 NEWS. JOYCE: POLICE ARE ST
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Milwaukee girl, 11, wounded in hail of gunfire

Investigators said they believe a suspect intentionally fired multiple gunshots into a home while people were inside, grazing the 11-year-old girl.

An 11-year-old girl was wounded in a hail of gunfire late Tuesday night, Milwaukee Police said.Officers were called to the scene near 44th and Locust streets around 11:30 p.m for reports of a shooting, according to a news release. Investigators said they believe a suspect intentionally fired multiple gunshots into a home while people were inside. One of those bullets went through a window and grazed the 11-year-old victim, a District 7 police officer told WISN 12 news. She was taken to the hospital, where she was treated and released.Police said they continue to search for suspects in the case. They have not what may have led to the shooting.Investigators said Thursday that two people of interest were in custody.Their names have not yet been released.So far, no charges have been filed.No other information has been released.

An 11-year-old girl was wounded in a hail of gunfire late Tuesday night, Milwaukee Police said.

Officers were called to the scene near 44th and Locust streets around 11:30 p.m for reports of a shooting, according to a news release.

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Investigators said they believe a suspect intentionally fired multiple gunshots into a home while people were inside.

One of those bullets went through a window and grazed the 11-year-old victim, a District 7 police officer told WISN 12 news.

She was taken to the hospital, where she was treated and released.

Police said they continue to search for suspects in the case.

They have not what may have led to the shooting.

Investigators said Thursday that two people of interest were in custody.

Their names have not yet been released.

So far, no charges have been filed.

No other information has been released.