5:20 p.m.  A child who was killed by a bullet by a man shooting at a target has been identified as a 4-year-old Branson girl.

Christian County coroner on Tuesday identified the girl as Zoie Dougan. She died Monday after being shot outside a Rogersville area home she was visiting with her mother.

Sheriff Joey Kyle says the man who pulled the trigger was being held on an unrelated warrant for an unpaid traffic ticket in Webster County. No charges were immediately filed in the shooting.

Kyle says the man was firing a .22-caliber rifle at an old jug when Zoie ran out from behind a building into the path of a bullet.

She was shot in the head and died while being flown to a Springfield hospital.

10:30 a.m. (AP) – Authorities say a man has killed a 4-year-old girl while target shooting in southwest Missouri.

The shooting happened Monday afternoon south of Rogersville. Christian County Sheriff Joey Kyle says a 24-year-old man was shooting with a .22-caliber rifle when a girl who was visiting his home walked into his path of fire. The girl was struck in the head.

The man who shot the girl was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Webster County, but was taken to the Christian County jail in Ozark. Kyle says he will be held there as deputies investigate the shooting.

Authorities didn’t immediate release the name of the man who was target shooting or the girl who was killed.