Bullet hits girl sleeping in home after gunfight erupts outside

A 13-year-old Sicklerville, N.J., girl is recovering after a stray bullet blasted into her home and hit her as she was sleeping early this morning.

The girl suffered a gunshot wound to her lower back after an apparent gunfight broke out at 12:45 a.m. at the nearby intersection of Hathaway Drive and Hawthorne Lane, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. She remains in stable condition at Cooper University Hospital in Camden today, according to the office. The girl's 56-year-old neighbor, 56, was cut by broken glass and treated at the scene by medics, the prosecutor's office said.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Det. Vincent McCalla at (856) 225-8569 or Winslow Township Police Det. Cary Robinson at (609) 567-0700, ext. 1147.