Infant shot in face in northeast Texas

Detectives in northeast Texas are trying to determine if an infant who was shot in the face Monday morning was injured intentionally or accidentally. Detectives in northeast Texas are trying to determine if an infant who was shot in the face Monday morning was injured intentionally or accidentally. Photo: Michael Minasi, Photographer Photo: Michael Minasi, Photographer Image 1 of / 41 Caption Close Infant shot in face in northeast Texas 1 / 41 Back to Gallery

Detectives in northeast Texas are trying to determine if an infant who was shot in the face Monday morning was injured intentionally or accidentally.

Deputies with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office were called out to a shooting around 11:30 a.m. in the Payne Springs area of the county and found a 1-year-old girl shot in the face. She was immediately taken to an area hospital, but was then airlifted to a children's hospital in Dallas.

She is expected to recover, according to Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse.

Hillhouse said his office is working closely with the Henderson County District Attorney's Office, Child Protective Services and Henderson County child advocacy groups on the case. He said the investigation is ongoing.

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"We have some leads and have some avenues we're checking into," Hillhouse said in a phone interview.

No one has been arrested in the case, Hillhouse said.

Jay R. Jordan is a breaking news reporter at Chron.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JayRJordan.