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Two Arrested In Christmas Day Shooting Of 7-Year-Old Girl: Police

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two people have been arrested in connection to the shooting of a 7-year-old Chicago girl on Christmas Day.

The girl was shot early Christmas morning in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood in the 350 block of South Washtenaw.

She was inside a home just before 2 a.m. watching television in the living room at a family gathering when someone fired shots from a sidewalk into the house.

The girl is not from the area but was visiting family.

A 38-year-old man was also shot in connection with the incident. He was shot in the leg. Police identified the man as the intended target.

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