22-Month-Old Girl Injured In Domestic Dispute Involving Gun: Cops

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD —A 22-month old girl was injured in an incident Sunday night that Baltimore County detectives are investigating as a shooting, police said Monday.

The incident, which took place shortly after 7 p.m. in the 3500 block of Derby Shire Circle, appears to have stemmed by a domestic incident between the girl’s mother and ex-boyfriend during which he assaulted the girl’s mother, the Baltimore County Sheriff’s Department said.

According to police, when another man attempted to intervene in the altercation, the suspect produced a handgun. A struggle for the gun took place and the male victim was struck with the gun, causing an injury to the man's upper chest. Police say that the gun discharged and that the infant was grazed by the bullet, which caused a laceration. The girl was taken to a local hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.

The suspect left the gun at the scene and fled but was apprehended by police following a brief foot chase. The suspect will not be identified until after he is charged in court on Monday, police said.