A girl is being charged with assault after police say she was playing with a gun and another juvenile was struck by gunfire in Mobile.

The Mobile Police Department said the victim arrived at a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening on Thursday at about 8:30 p.m.

Police did not release the age of either of the girls.

The shooting happened 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 MPD.

Police said the girl is being charged with second-degree assault and a charge of certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm.

Police did not say where the girl got the gun.

According to Everytown For Gun Safety’s national index, there have been at least seven unintentional shootings by children in Alabama this year, resulting in two deaths.

According to the index there have been 305 unintentional shootings by children across the country in 2024. As a result 116 people have died and 194 have been injured.

The gun violence prevention organization says that one of the best ways to prevent unintentional shootings by children is to have proper and secure gun storage.

Alabama currently has no laws requiring gun owners to store or prevent child from accessing their weapons. Nor does the state have any penalties for a gun owner if a child gains access to a gun.

Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, sponsored a bill during the 2024 legislative session that would have penalized legal guardians if a weapon is not reasonably secured and a child brings the weapon onto public school property.

The measure did not make it through the Alabama legislature.