A 12-year-old girl in Pennsylvania is dead after being accidentally shot by a police constable on Monday, according to multiple reports.
TIME reports that Constable Clarke Steele intended to shoot Donald Meyer, but the bullet grazed the intended target’s arm, striking his daughter, Ciara Meyer, instead.
The constable was reportedly serving an eviction order at the time of the fatal incident.
On Tuesday, police told the Associated Press, that a man came to the door and closed it, before reopening it, armed with a loaded .223-caliber rifle which was described as being “slung and concealed along his body” and aimed at the constable’s chest.
The man’s alleged actions resulted in the constable reportedly firing his weapon once, which hit Ciara, who was standing behind her father. She died at the scene.
