(Columbus, OH) -- Columbus police say a man is in custody after firing a shot that hit an 8-year-old girl at Weinland Park.
28-year-old Torrence Ahart has been charged with felonious assault in the shooting. Investigators say Ahart claimed he was attempting to fire a warning shot into the air around 6:15pm Saturday evening to break up a fight in which his sister had been cut with a knife.
The girl was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital and is now listed in stable condition.