Costumed girl, 9, shot after being mistaken for skunk
Relative at Halloween party in Pennsylvania fired shotgun
The Associated Press
Posted: Oct 22, 2012 9:53 AM ET
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2012 9:49 AM ET
Police say a costumed 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot outside a western Pennsylvania home during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk.
New Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing a black costume and a black hat with a white tassel.
Chief Ronald Leindecker told the Beaver County Times that a male relative mistook her for a skunk and fired a shotgun, hitting her in the shoulder, arm, back and neck Saturday night.
Leindecker told the newspaper that the girl was alert and talking when she was flown to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, about 48 kilometres away. Her condition was unavailable.
Leindecker says the man hadn't been drinking and he doesn't know whether charges will be filed. New Sewickley police said Sunday that decision will be made in a few days.
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