7-Year-Old Girl Hit By Stray Bullet

Mobile police said they received 119 calls about shots being fired on New Years Eve. One of them hit a 7-year-old girl in the leg.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG
Published: January 01, 2009

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Celebratory gunfire from New Year's Eve
injured a 7-year-old girl in Mobile.

Police said the girl was taken to the USA Children's and Women's Hospital after being hit in the
leg by a stay bullet around 2:30 a.m. on Fairmont Street.

Police spokeswoman Jacqueline Bridgeforth said Thursday the
girl's injuries were minor. The girl's name was not made public.

Mobile police said they received 119 calls about shots being
fired Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. That was down
from 188 complaints a year ago.

Bridgeforth said police arrested Daniel Jeffrey early Thursday
morning for discharging an AK-47 into the air. None of his bullets hit the little girl.