Pittsburgh Police investigate a shooting incident involving a 5-year-old girl in Mt. Washington

Renatta Signorini, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.
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Jul. 4—A 5-year-old girl escaped injury late Wednesday when the vehicle in which she was a backseat passenger was hit with bullets during a shooting in Mt. Washington, according to Pittsburgh Police.

The driver was taken to a hospital in stable condition for treatment of a gunshot wound to the back.

Police said they were dispatched to Estella Avenue around 10:30 p.m. for a ShotSpotter alert that indicated 11 rounds had been fired in the area. The wounded man drove himself to a Pittsburgh EMS station with the girl in the car.

A dark-colored Dodge Durango was seen leaving the scene of the shooting, police said. It had a Pennsylvania license plate MBR-9566. Anyone with information is asked to call police headquarters at 412-323-7800.

The child was returned to her family. The vehicle she was in, and others in the area, had damage from bullets, police said.

No arrests had been announced.

Renatta Signorini is a TribLive reporter covering breaking news, crime, courts and Jeannette. She has been working at the Trib since 2005. She can be reached at rsignorini@triblive.com.