From the March 12, 2007 Indianapolis Star:
INDIANAPOLIS - A 6-year-old girl was shot in the lower abdomen Monday afternoon when she wandered into an apartment hallway during a gunfight between her father and a robbery suspect, police said.
The girl, whose identity has not been released, was alert and awake when rescuers took her to Wishard Memorial Hospital, police said. She was then transferred to Riley Hospital for Children, where she was listed in serious condition, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Lt. Doug Scheffel said.
"The doctors (at Riley) told the detectives she's going to survive," Scheffel said.
The girl's father, Glenn A. Mitchell, 23, was arriving home shortly after noon, when a suspect pulled a gun on him and forced his way into the apartment, Scheffel said.
The suspect demanded money. The girl's mother, Dana Raymer, 24, gave him the family's recent income tax refund and he left, police said.
"It looks as though the father of child retrieved a handgun and chased the suspect into the entry way," Scheffel said.
The two exchanged shots before the robber got away in a green Mercury sedan driven by another man, Scheffel said. Mitchell, who is wanted on warrants for driving with a suspended license and operating a motor vehicle with expired license plates, also fled.
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