1-year-old girl fatally shot in Granite Falls, detectives investigating

GRANITE FALLS, Wash. - A one-year-old child was fatally shot in Granite Falls Saturday night.

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a weapons assault call on Granite Falls Highway, just north of 64th Street NE. They found a baby girl suffering from a gunshot wound, and she was later pronounced dead.

Detectives returned to the scene Sunday to continue their investigation.

Authorities say they are serving a search warrant and still processing the scene.

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