Child, 3, shot in leg in North Little Rock, police say

A 3-year-old child is being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg after being hit Sunday night in North Little Rock, authorities said.

Officers were called at 9 p.m. to a home in the 4600 block of School Street in response to the shooting, according to a news release from the city's Police Department.

The child was shot in the lower leg while in the house and taken to Arkansas Children's Hospital for treatment, police spokeswoman Sgt. Amy Cooper said. The injury was not considered life-threatening.

No suspect had been named, and no arrest had been made as of Monday afternoon, Cooper said. An investigation is ongoing.

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