Gunshot strikes girl, 14, outside house in Little Rock

Little Rock police investigate a drive-by shooting on Peyton Street on Sunday night.
Little Rock police investigate a drive-by shooting on Peyton Street on Sunday night.

A drive-by shooting in Little Rock left a teenager injured Sunday night, a police spokesman said.

Officers were dispatched around 8:33 p.m. after a shooting at 1523 Peyton St. in Little Rock, according to an online dispatch log.

A girl had been shot in the arm and was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle, police spokesman Lt. Steve McClanahan said. A sergeant at the crime scene said the victim was a 14-year-old girl, McClanahan said.

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The girl, whom police did not name, did not have life-threatening injuries, he said.

McClanahan said the victim was in a vehicle outside the Peyton Street house when the shooting occurred.

Investigators inspected the one-story house for bullet holes, along with a car that sat in the driveway next to the residence.

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