8-year-old girl grazed in the head by stray bullet fired from neighbor's Del Rey apartment

Child grazed by stray bullet

An 8-year-old girl was grazed by a stray bullet in the head while sitting at her Del Rey home.

LOS ANGELES - An investigation is underway after an 8-year-old girl was grazed in the head by a stray bullet in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

What we know:

The incident happened around 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23 at an apartment complex in the 4700 block of S. Slauson Avenue in the Del Rey neighborhood. 

An investigation revealed the girl, named Helen, was inside her apartment when a gunshot was fired from a nearby unit. The bullet traveled through the wall of the structure and struck the victim in the head, police said. 

She was taken to the hospital and is currently in stable condition.

Men in custody after girl struck by stray bullet

Three men were taken into custody after an 8-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet in her Del Rey home.

What they're saying:

"Their daughter was sitting by the wall and the bullet came through and grazed her, and immediately they realized that she had been shot and the mom started screaming and their daughter was pale. They watched their daughter covered with blood, and they took her to the emergency room, and they were afraid they would lose her," said Devora Rogers with the Del Rey Neighborhood Council. 

"They're scared to death to live here. Would you want your kids playing in the living room when this just happened," stated Ravi Sankaran, president of the Del Rey Neighborhood Council. 

A GoFundMe has been created to help Helen. 

What's next:

Police are investigating how or why the gun went off in the unit next door.

At least three people were taken into custody Monday night.