Mobile police say a 9-year-old girl hit by gunfire on I-10 Sunday evening while riding in her mother’s car was shot by her father.

The incident occurred along eastbound I-10 near the Broad Street and Virginia Street crossings. According to information released Monday by the Mobile Police Department, the investigation began at about 8:30 p.m. at University Hospital.

The 9-year-old was a passenger in her mother’s vehicle when “a known male subject” fired repeatedly into the vehicle. That male subject was the child’s father, police have specified. The girl’s injuries were not life-threatening, according to police.

A police spokesman declined to comment on efforts to make contact with the man, who has not been publicly identified. The investigation is ongoing, according to police. Potential charges include domestic violence, shooting into an occupied vehicle and reckless endangerment.