Child Shot In Dallas Apparently By Father

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DALLAS(CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas police say a one-year-old girl was shot in the stomach at a Northeast Dallas apartment complex at 11500 Ferguson Road Friday.

It happened around 7:30pm.

Sources tell us a man appears to have accidentally shot his daughter.

The baby is in critical condition at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.

CBS11 talked to the victim's uncle who says the child that was struck was the man's three-month-old son.

The uncle says the dad is a security officer who was cleaning his gun when it accidentally discharged.

Police took the baby's father to the police station for questioning.

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