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12-year-old girl shot in head while inside south St. Louis home

Officers said someone was driving by the home and firing shots. One of the shots grazed a girl in the head.

ST. LOUIS — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the head while she was inside a home in south St. Louis' Mount Pleasant neighborhood Monday night.

Police said the shooting happened near Oregon Avenue and Mount Pleasant Street at around 8 p.m. Officers said someone was driving by the home and firing shots. One of the bullets went into a home on Oregon Avenue.

A police update released Tuesday morning said the girl and a 38-year-old woman were in a bedroom when they heard the gunshots and then realized the girl was bleeding. She was grazed by a bullet, and police described the wound as "superficial."

Police Monday night said the girl was conscious and breathing. They did not have an update on her condition Tuesday morning but said her vitals were stable. The woman wasn't injured.

According to 5 On Your Side data, this is the 74th child 17 and younger to be shot this year. Of those, 12 were fatal.

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