Father arrested after 8-year-old daughter shot, critically injured
Police say an 8-year-old Federal Way girl is in critical condition after being shot by her father, who was handling a gun inside the family’s apartment.
The shooting happened Sunday morning in the 27900 block of Pacific Highway.
Medical personnel at St. Francis Hospital called officers about 11:30 a.m. to report a girl had been brought in with a gunshot wound. The girl was later transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
She is not expected to survive, police said.
Her 35-year-old father was taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
He told detectives he was handling the gun in the apartment when it went off. A bullet traveled through at least two walls in the apartment before striking the girl, who was in another room.
This story was originally published April 26, 2021 at 2:29 PM.
