One-year-old girl hospitalized after shooting in Oakland, CA

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Police in Oakland say a one-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting in Oakland, Calif. The shooting took place at around 6:15 p.m. Monday when the family’s car pulled up to a fire station near East 15th Street and 12th Avenue.

Multiple reports said that the shooting was captured on surveillance footage and that the family could be seen looking for help at the fire station. Firefighters gave the child medical assistance as they waited for paramedics who brought her to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in stable condition.

Police did not say if it was a random or targeted shooting and had no information about possible suspects. Additional details of the condition of the 15-month-old child was not yet released as of press time.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Oakland Police Department at 510-238-3426.

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