A 2-year-old girl remained hospitalized Monday after being shot while sitting in the backseat of her parents’ car in Santa Ana.
The shooting occurred about 8 p.m. Sunday around 16th and Spurgeon streets, authorities said.
When the parents realized the girl had been shot, the driver took the girl to Children’s Hospital of Orange County, where she reportedly underwent several surgeries but was expected to survive.
News video from the scene showed investigators examining the family’s white Nissan Altima, with bullet holes visible in the back. Police also closed off the intersection where the shooting occurred.
There was no immediate information on what may have prompted the shooting, but there was no indication the family was being targeted in the shooting.