A twelve year old has been injured in what has been described as a drive-by shooting at Silver Hill, Christ Church.

Starcom Network News understands that the minor was among a number of people who were outside their residences when a car drove through the area and someone inside the vehicle opened fire.

The people who were in the area scampered, but the girl was struck by a bullet in the wrist and also suffered a laceration to her leg.

She was transported to hospital by private motor vehicle.

There has been a series of shootings, some of them drive-by, in the Silver Hill area.