The girl was shot after someone fired upon the car following a verbal altercation, according to police.

PHOENIX - A 6-year-old girl rushed to the hospital Wednesday night with a gunshot wound will survive her injuries, police said Thursday afternoon.

The young girl was reportedly in a car seat in the back seat of a vehicle when the occupants of the car got in a verbal altercation with a group of people in the 6300 block of W. Flower Street.

That's when someone outside the car began firing upon the vehicle and struck the 6-year-old. That suspect is unknown at this time.