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4-year-old girl wounded in DC shooting

Police in D.C. said a 4-year-old girl was wounded in an early Tuesday morning shooting in Northeast.

Police said the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. on East Capitol Street near Minnesota Avenue in the Fort Dupont neighborhood.

A woman also was shot. It is unclear if the two are related.

Both were sent to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries.

Police are looking for a suspect.

The investigation is ongoing.

Here is a map of where the shooting happened.

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