A 17-year-old girl is in critical condition, according to police, after a shooting on Tuesday afternoon.
Law enforcement officials said that at about 12:51 p.m., officers responded to a home along the 5500 block of Media Street after a report of a shooting.
In the living room of the home, police said that first responders found a 17-year-old girl who had been shot in her face with a gunshot wound to her right cheek.
Officers took the girl to a nearby hospital, where officials said, she is listed in critical condition.
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No arrests have been made and, police said, no weapon was recovered, but an investigation into this incident is ongoing.
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