Police: 2 children shot in car outside of a Jackson, Mississippi, hospital

JACKSON, Miss. – Two children in a car were shot Thursday afternoon in front of a Mississippi hospital, authorities say.

According to Jackson Police Chief James Davis, someone in a dark vehicle "let the window down" and fired multiple shots into a gray car with a woman and two children inside. The children, ages 1 and 3, were hit. The woman in the car grabbed the children and ran into the University Of Mississippi Medical Center for treatment.

One child was shot in the leg, and the other was shot in the torso. The children are in stable condition, Davis said.

Davis said the suspect fled in a Black Nissan sedan with a paper tag. The woman in the car said she wasn’t sure who the shooter was. Davis said he was unsure at this point if the shooting is domestic related.

Davis said the police "saturated this area" when they got the call. He called the shooting "senseless."

UMMC sent a text alert at about 4:42 p.m. that said there was an "active shooter at Parking Garage B. This is not a drill." The alert was sent as a safety precaution when the shooting was first reported.

Ruth Cummins, a spokeswoman for UMMC, said the shooting did not happen on the campus and that the active shooter alert was no longer in effect. She said Jackson police and the U.S. Marshals Service are handling the investigation.