Two-year-old girl hurt in Balsall Heath shooting
A two-year-old girl has been injured in a shooting in Birmingham.
The toddler was cut by flying glass when car thieves opened fire at a VW Golf in Clifton Road, Balsall Heath, on Sunday.
A resident who helped at the scene said: "The family got out and hid behind another car, then I got them into the house."
The girl was taken to hospital with minor cuts and has since been discharged.
Another passenger, a man in his 20s, was treated at the scene for shock.
The shooting happened at about 19:15 GMT.
West Midlands Police said all four people had got out of the vehicle before it was stolen.
The resident, who did not wish to be named, added the incident had unfolded after the VW had reversed.
"I think they had been for a meal and they had gone to leave, but that end of the road is a dead end," he said.
"As they were coming back up, it happened.
"The police said a bullet had gone through the back window and then lodged in the roof."
He added: "The woman, the mother I think, was pretty hysterical, but the child was quite calm."
Police are investigating "the circumstances behind the attack" and are looking through CCTV footage to find those responsible.
"This is a truly appalling incident and the ordeal has traumatised a family," Det Sgt Simon Hanlon said.
"There were four people in the car at the time and it's just fortunate no-one was more seriously injured."
The car was found abandoned near the scene of the shooting a short time later.
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