Indiana girl shot by sister, 11, out of hospital

LOGANSPORT, Ind. — A 14-year-old northern Indiana girl who was shot by her younger sister is out of the hospital.

Detective Tom Heflin of the Cass County Sheriff’s Department told the Logansport Pharos-Tribune Monday that the girl was released after treatment following the shooting at a home outside Logansport.

Indiana Conservation Officer Brenda Louthain says the 11-year-old sister fired a 20-gauge shotgun into a door jamb, striking the 14-year-old in the head with pellets.

Heflin says the older girl was lucky that her injuries weren’t worse.

He believes the shooting was “purely accidental.” The younger girl has told investigators she was “playing CSI” at the time of the shooting Saturday. The television series of the same name dramatizes crime scene investigations.