An 8-year-old girl was shot with an arrow around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning near the campus’s Lawrence Hall of Science.

The child was climbing up a whale sculpture outside of the museum when she was struck on the left leg by an arrow, said UCPD Supervising Lt. Marc DeCoulode. The child was visiting the museum on a field trip with a school from the San Rafael area and was getting ready to board the bus when the shooting occurred, according to UCPD Capt. Stephen Roderick.

UCPD has located a few witnesses but is currently checking the surrounding area of the Lawrence Hall of Science for witnesses with further information, DeCoulode said. UCPD does not know where the arrow was shot from or whether the shooting was deliberate at this time.

According to Roderick, the child was taken to Oakland Children’s Hospital & Research Center and sustained no critical injuries from the incident.

“They surgically removed the arrow from her leg,” Roderick said. “She is in stable condition. She is being kept for observation overnight.  Because she is so young, they want to make sure everything is OK.”

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