A girl is facing assault charges after police say she was playing with a gun and another teen was hit by gunfire in Mobile.

According to Mobile Police, the victim was taken to a hospital around 8:30 p.m. Thursday with non-life-threatening injuries

The police did not provide any information about the age of the two girls.

According to MPD, the shooting occurred in a vehicle in the area of ​​Cottage Hill Road and Schillinger Road when one of the girls was playing with a gun.

According to police, the girl is charged with second-degree assault and prohibiting certain persons from possessing a firearm.

Police did not say where the girl got the gun.

Accordingly The Everytown For Gun Safety National IndexThere have been at least seven accidental shootings by children in Alabama this year, leaving two people dead.

According to the index, there were 305 unintentional child shootings nationwide in 2024. 116 people were killed and 194 were injured.

The Gun Violence Prevention Organization says one of the best ways to prevent accidental shootings by children is to have proper and safe gun storage.

Alabama currently has no laws requiring gun owners to store their guns or prevent children from accessing them. The state also does not impose any penalties on gun owners if a child gains access to a weapon.

Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, introduced a bill during the 2024 legislative session that would have penalized guardians if a weapon was not properly secured and a child brought the weapon onto public school grounds.

The measure did not make it through the Alabama Legislature.