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The incident happened around 5:20 p.m. on Presidents' Day, Monday, Feb. 21 in Deer Park.
A 12-year-old girl was walking in the parking lot of the Tanger Outlets in Deer Park when she was struck by a pellet fired from an airsoft gun by a person in a passing vehicle, Suffolk County Police said.
The girl was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Following an investigation, it was determined the same vehicle was involved in a similar incident on Deer Park Avenue in North Babylon approximately 20 minutes earlier, police said. No one was injured in that incident.
The vehicle is described as a dark-colored four-door sedan, possibly a Hyundai Elantra, believed to be occupied by three or four males.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on the shooting to call the First Squad at 631-854-8152 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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