San Diego Police cruiser
A San Diego Police cruiser at night. File photo courtesy OnScene.TV

A girl was shot multiple times in the legs and hospitalized after a group of young people hanging outside of an Oak Park apartment complex heard gunshots and ran, police reported Tuesday.

The shooting occurred at 10:17 p.m. Monday in the 5400 block of Bayview Heights Place, according to Officer Robert Heims of the San Diego Police Department.

The girl was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening, the officer said.

Police did not immediately release the victim’s age and were continuing to investigate the incident.