Temple police were looking Monday for the mother of a 15-year-old girl who was left alone in the emergency room at Scott & White Hospital after she was wounded in a shooting, in connection with which her father was charged.

The girl, who has not been identified, was in stable condition Monday, police said.

Police say they want to question the mother, who they say was seen at the emergency room placing the girl into a wheelchair, pushing her into the lobby, and then leaving.

"We are also looking at whether any criminal offenses occurred on behalf of the mother,” police Sgt. Allen Teston said Monday.

Investigators want to determine if she had “other responsibilities that she should have taken care of,” he said.

The girl’s father, Quentin Lamont Smith, 44, remains in the Bell County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Officers responded Friday evening to Scott & White Hospital where they found the girl, who had been shot once in the abdomen.

The teenager told them that her father shot her and that her mother dropped her off in the emergency room.

The shooting occurred somewhere behind the Westgate Park Apartments, Temple police Officer Shawana Neely said.