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The Atlanta Police Department has identified the 7-year old girl who was critically wounded in a shooting on Monday as Kennedy Maxie, who is currently fighting for her life at Scottish Rite Hospital.
Incoming Cobb County School Board member Tre Hutchins said that Maxie is a student at Sedalia Park Elementary School in Marietta.
Maxie was struck in the head by a bullet during an altercation at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead. Police say the girl was riding in a car with her aunt past the mall when the aunt heard several gunshots, one of which hit Maxie.
Maxie was rushed to Scottish Rite Hospital in Sandy Springs where she remains in critical condition, police said.