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Police release name of 17-month-old shot at Omaha apartment

crime-scene-police-shootOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 17-month-old girl who was shot in the head at an apartment in northwest Omaha.

Police say a distraught man got into a private vehicle and took the bleeding toddler to a hospital around 3:40 p.m. Monday after the shooting at the Pine Tree Apartments.

On Tuesday police identified the girl as Ma’Laya Buie. Investigators haven’t released any information about how the shooting occurred.

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