The family of a 2-month-old girl shot during a road-rage incident Sunday said the bullet just missed the baby's spinal column. VIDEO: Baby shot in act of road rageAccording to a GoFundMe page set up to benefit the family, Ava Schowalter, her parents and sister had just left the Milwaukee County Zoo and were heading home to Sheboygan County, when something happened on Interstate 43 near Capitol Drive.Someone in another vehicle opened fire on the family, wounding the baby.A Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said a bullet went through the rear door of the silver Toyota Prius and the infant safety seat before grazing Ava. The family pulled off at Hampton Avenue and into a parking lot, where Ava was quickly taken to Children's Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Doctors had to perform surgery to make sure the wound was free from debris. Ava's mother told WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr on Monday that they are all doing well, but it has been a 24 hours they will never forget. The spokeswoman said the shooting stemmed from an apparent road-rage incident.“I noticed the car pull in (and) saw a bunch of police. I thought to myself, ‘Oh, this is another guy that won't pull over for police,” said Lamont Lonfair, a witness. “It's not justified to shoot a little kid or let a gun off on the highway in broad daylight. Let's think about these kids that got a future ahead of them … not take their lives from them just before it's their time.”The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office is in charge of the investigation, including determining the exact location of the shooting.The Sheriff's Office has not released any information about the vehicle from which the shot was fired. 9737608

The family of a 2-month-old girl shot during a road-rage incident Sunday said the bullet just missed the baby's spinal column.

VIDEO: Baby shot in act of road rage

According to a GoFundMe page set up to benefit the family, Ava Schowalter, her parents and sister had just left the Milwaukee County Zoo and were heading home to Sheboygan County, when something happened on Interstate 43 near Capitol Drive.

Someone in another vehicle opened fire on the family, wounding the baby.



A Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said a bullet went through the rear door of the silver Toyota Prius and the infant safety seat before grazing Ava.

The family pulled off at Hampton Avenue and into a parking lot, where Ava was quickly taken to Children's Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Doctors had to perform surgery to make sure the wound was free from debris.

Ava's mother told WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr on Monday that they are all doing well, but it has been a 24 hours they will never forget.





The spokeswoman said the shooting stemmed from an apparent road-rage incident.

“I noticed the car pull in (and) saw a bunch of police. I thought to myself, ‘Oh, this is another guy that won't pull over for police,” said Lamont Lonfair, a witness. “It's not justified to shoot a little kid or let a gun off on the highway in broad daylight. Let's think about these kids that got a future ahead of them … not take their lives from them just before it's their time.”

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office is in charge of the investigation, including determining the exact location of the shooting.



The Sheriff's Office has not released any information about the vehicle from which the shot was fired.







