A 15-year-old Montgomery girl was shot in the neck Thursday afternoon while walking outside Robert E. Lee High School.

The girl, who is a student at the high school, was transported to the closest medical center, Jackson Hospital, and was then airlifted to UAB Hospital, court records show. She was listed in critical but stable condition on Thursday evening.

Montgomery police arrested 16-year-old Quinterrious Norman, also a student at Lee High, and charged him in connection with the shooting.

Court records claim Norman discharged an unknown type of .40-caliber handgun numerous times in the direction of the school at around 2:49 p.m. when classes were letting out for the day.

The victim was struck in the neck area with a projectile shot from the handgun. She then collapsed to the ground, an affidavit shows.

Rounds also struck an occupied Subaru Forrester. Bullets struck the rear glass window of the vehicle and exited through the front glass windshield, documents show.

Montgomery police Capt. Regina Duckett said the shots were fired from a vacant lot near the school.

Due to the ongoing investigation, she said she couldn't say where or how Norman obtained a firearm, or if the person he got it from would face criminal charges.

Norman was charged with first-degree assault, charging firearm into occupied vehicle and certain persons forbidden to possess a pistol. He is being held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility without bond.

Norman is slated to make his first court appearance on Friday.