Bullets meant for dad hit daughter, 12

A 12-year-old girl was shot on Wednesday night in Cascade Crescent, Bagatelle Road, Diego Martin in an incident in which, according to police, a gunman came for the child's father.

Police said at around 8.10 pm on June 5, the Standard Five student was with her 39-year-old father who was driving into the yard of their home when he saw a man approaching their vehicle.

He then saw the man holding a gun and heard several gunshots

The father, fearful for their lives, sped off and realised that his daughter was bleeding from gunshot wounds. While he was driving along the Diego Martin Highway he had to stop after one of the car's tyres blew out.

He contacted the E999 and officers from Carenage and Four Roads police stations responded.

Police took the victim and her father to the St James Medical Complex, where she was examined and stabilised.

The doctors told police the child had been shot in the right shoulder. Two bullet fragments remained lodged in her body.

After being stabilised, she was transferred to the Paediatric Hospital at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. where she remains warded in critical condition.

Investigators found 12 spent 9mm shells at the scene. Up to press time no arrest had been made and Western Division detectives are continuing investigations.