By Associated Press - Saturday, October 5, 2019

CLEVELAND (AP) - Cleveland police say a sleeping 6-year-old girl who was injured when shots were fired into her home has died.

Cleveland police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia (CHAWCH’) said the girl who was shot around 1 a.m. Saturday on the east side of Cleveland died at a hospital later Saturday. The girl’s name wasn’t immediately released.

The police statement said officers were told that a car was seen driving away from the scene, but no one could provide a detailed description of the vehicle.

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Police have not said if any arrests have been made or commented on any other circumstances of the shooting in the South-Collinwood neighborhood.

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