GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) - Three people have been arrested after a baby was shot twice with a BB gun with one pellet embedded in her skull, according to Mohave County.
They said the 8-month-old girl was airlifted to a hospital in Las Vegas and is listed in critical condition.
County Sheriff’s officials said the child was in a car seat that was placed on the ground while her mother, 34-year-old Marticella Lopez-Rodriguez, was gathering firewood Tuesday in Golden Valley.
They said 33-year-old Zion Zachary Kauffman shot up to 30 BBs at a flock of quail near the baby and one of the BBs grazed the girl’s arm while the other hit her in the back of the head, fracturing her skull.
Lopez-Rodriguez, Kauffman and 27-year-old Savannah Joy Cushman allegedly waited several hours before using a taxi to get the baby to a hospital in Kingman.
Deputies later arrested Kauffman and Cushman and booked them into jail on suspicion of child abuse, aggravated assault and hindering prosecution.
Sheriff’s officials said Lopez-Rodriguez was arrested in Las Vegas and was awaiting extradition.
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