. >> this morning meghan fitzgerald speaks to neighbors of the child still recovering after being hitas a whole bunch of children in the yard as well as bome adults. >> reporter: nei who didn't want to go on camera say the fourth of july wasto suppos e a fun day with family, but it turned dangerous just as the sun went down. this woman says several kids were shooting off fireworks in this back alley near 46th place in southeast. >> in the house somf those fireworks could sound like guns. >> reporter: moments later she realized they were guns. >> they decided they wanted to celebrate the fourth of july by discarjac discharging a firearm on public space. >> reporter: some 37 shell casings were found scattered around the area. one grazing the face of a girl. a woman who lives nearby says the child was one of her daughter's friends. this woman says she got a call from her niece saying police were outside. >> she calle me and said aunty,r are a couple of fire trucks, ambulance and police outside. don't open your door. >> reporter: that little girl is expected to be okay. it wasn't the find

but it turned out to be the opposite for one little >> this morning meghan fitzgerald spoke to neighborscld who is still recovering after being hit by a stray bullet. >> it was a whole bunch of children in theyard. >> neighbors who didn't want to go on camera say the fourth of july was supposed to be a fun day with family, but it turned dangerous just as the sun went down. this woman says several kids were shooting off fireworks in this back alley near 46th place in southeast. >> in the house some of those fireworks could sound like guns. >> moments later she realized they were guns. >> they decided they wanted toa cele the fourth of july by discharging a firearm on public space. >> investigators say some 37 shell casings were found scattered around the area. one oful thosets grazing the face of an 11-year-old girl. a womaniv who nearby says that child was her daughter's friend. shortly after she was struck, the young gir camenocking on her back door for help. this woman says she got a call from her niece saying police were outside. >> she callede andaid aunty, here are a couple of fire