An officer of the Wichita Police Department is on administrative leave after a shooting incident led to a bullet fragment injuring a nine-year-old girl.

Police were summoned to a home in North Gentry, Kansas on Saturday evening following a domestic dispute and a suicidal person with a gun.

Once police officers arrived at the scene, they say 'a mid-sized mixed-breed dog charged at one of the officers,' KWCH, which led to the officer firing two shots at the canine that ultimately missed but ricocheted and hit the young girl in the forehead.

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Wichita police officer fired two shots at a dog (pictured here) after it 'charged at him' the bullets missed but ricocheted and hit a young girl in the forehead

Apparently the officer, who's only been with the force for seven months, then 'pulled his service weapon and shot at the dog, missing it. The round struck the hard surface floor of the residence and broke into fragments.'

Danielle Maples (above) was furious at the turn of events. 'I'm mortified because there were so many things that could have been done differently, but were not,' she said

'A piece of a fragment ricocheted, striking a nine-year-old girl in the forehead, just above her right eye. She was treated at a local hospital and released Saturday evening,' police said.

No one was seriously injured, however the mother, Danielle Maples, was furious at the turn of events. 'I'm mortified because there were so many things that could have been done differently, but were not,' she said.

She claims her and her husband, who is the suicidal man in question, were outside when police arrived and they never asked permission to enter the house.

Maples said within minutes of police arriving she heard 'two shots and screaming.'

'My whole intention of calling was to keep everyone safe and that didn't happen,' she said.

Charlie O'Hara, the family's attorney, says police need to review their policies. 'I think we all need to look at what judgment is being done by our police officers here and where they're getting that they can act like this,' he stated.

Police were summoned to a home in Wichita after Maples called 911 because her husband threatened to harm himself with a gun

The case will be reviewed by the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office and the department will conduct an internal review.

Maples said she initially called 911 Saturday night as her husband was threatening to harm himself with a gun.

Police say Maple's husband was cooperative and taken for a mental health exam.