A child was shot and wounded Tuesday in the Marshall Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington, according to a D.C. police spokesman.

The incident occurred about 6:20 p.m. in the 5000 block of Call Place SE, south of East Capitol Street.

Officer Paul Metcalf, a police spokesman, said the youth was about 10 years old, possibly younger. He did not immediately know if the child was a boy or a girl. The victim was wounded in a leg, Metcalf said, and was being taken to an area hospital.

No arrests were immediately made.