Police: Costumed Pa. girl mistaken for skunk, shot
FREEDOM,
Pa. (AP) — Police say a costumed 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot
outside a western Pennsylvania home during a Halloween party by a
relative who thought she was a skunk.
New
Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing a
black costume and a black hat with a white tassel. Chief Ronald Leindecker says a male relative mistook her for a skunk and fired a shotgun, hitting her in the shoulder Saturday night.
Leindecker tells the Beaver County Times (http://bit.ly/QzCkxj
) that the girl was alert and talking when she was flown to a hospital
in Pittsburgh, about 30 miles away. Her condition was unavailable.
Leindecker says the man hadn't been drinking and he doesn't know whether charges will be filed.
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