Shooting of baby wasn’t road rage, police say

SEATTLE – A  1-year-old girl was shot in the head and critically wounded Thursday as she sat in a car with her parents in suburban Seattle.

Detectives in Kent initially suggested road rage as a motive, but Cmdr. Jarod Kasner told the Seattle Times on Friday that police no longer think that’s the case after further investigation. Police didn’t provide additional details on what they believe led to the shooting.

The baby was shot in the head Thursday while sitting in a car seat in the back of a silver Chevrolet Impala, Kent police spokeswoman Melanie Robinson said. The parents were in the front seat when a black car pulled alongside, and the driver and a passenger in that vehicle opened fire before driving off, police said.

A spokeswoman for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle said the baby was in critical condition Friday.

The shooting took place at an intersection near an apartment complex.