A 5-year-old girl died Monday night after being shot at a home in Scarborough, according to multiple media outlets.
The girl has not been publicly identified, and nobody has been charged in relation to the incident at this time, according to local CBS affiliate WGME.
Police responded to the home on Milliken Road at around 7:30 p.m. The home belongs to a relative of the victim, WGME reported.
A Scarborough police official told WGME the girl was transported to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she later died. The Maine State Police were called to the scene to aid in the investigation.
Police say the 5 year old has been pronounced dead. pic.twitter.com/lEGgfAOi1X
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) August 29, 2017
Police say the home owner on Milliken road who’s a family member to the 5 yr old girl called 911.
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) August 29, 2017
State police will be investigating this “for most of the night”– avoid Milliken rd in Scarborough.
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) August 29, 2017