BATON ROUGE - A young girl who was standing outside of her home on Sunday afternoon was injured in a shootout along her street.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said the child was one of two people hurt in the Tracy Avenue shooting that happened around 2 p.m. Deputies said the other victim was an adult man. Both were treated for their injuries and released.

Deputies said the shooting started when two groups pulled guns on one another. Law enforcement is still trying to determine why the shooting happened and who started the argument.

Neighbors told WBRZ they heard upwards of 30 gunshots.

Germond Evans comes to the neighborhood often to pick up kids for little league football. He says the shooting was another reminder of how violence continues to hit close to home and says children

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