BATON ROUGE - A 10-year-old girl was injured in an accidental shooting on Government Street, emergency officials confirmed to WBRZ.

Officials received the call around 4:12 p.m., and the shooting took place around the 1000 block Government Street at the Sonic-Drive In.

BRPD officials confirmed that the victim is a child; emergency officials said the victim was critically injured.

BRPD Chief T.J. Morse said while they are still investigating, BRPD believes the shooting was accidental.