Six-Year-Old Texas Boy Shot Repeatedly During Fight Between Middle School Girls

  A six-year-old boy was shot repeatedly Thursday amid a fight in Harris County, Texas, according to the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’...

 A six-year-old boy was shot repeatedly Thursday amid a fight in Harris County, Texas, according to the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office.

The shooting occurred during a “physical altercation” occurred between multiple middle-school girls in a vehicle, the constable’s office and local outlet KPRC2 Houston reported.

Authorities said that suspect Brittney Sanders, 34, emerged from a nearby house and first fired a warning shot as the fight, which apparently originated at a school, escalated, according to KTRK.

Sanders then allegedly fired at the vehicle, the statement from the constable’s office continued. A six-year-old boy inside the vehicle suffered gunshot wounds to his arm and thigh, per the statement.

The boy survived the shooting, and his mother transported him to a nearby hospital, the constable’s office reported. 

Constable Mark Herman reported that “Brittney Sanders was arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail” and “charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon,” per the statement. Herman added that a “bond has not been set.”