A child was rushed to the hospital Thursday afternoon following a shooting in eastern Jefferson County.

Center Point Fire and Rescue and Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched just after 2 p.m. to Hidden Valley mobile home park on Adam Drive.

Fire Chief Brad Dahlen said the initial call reported the child is 2 years old, but that has not yet been confirmed.

The child sustained a gunshot wound to a lower extremity, he said.  A condition was not immediately known.

Dahlen said he did not know the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

The child was taken to Children’s of Alabama.

This story will be updated if more information becomes available.