12-year-old girl shot in leg while walking to store

On a sweltering Tuesday in August, a 12-year-old girl was shot in the leg while walking to a corner store in East Baltimore. A neighbor said she knew the child, but not her name. “I call her ‘Lil Mama,’ because she’s sweet and she looks just like her mother and her grandmother,” said Nadine Govan, 58, who lives next door to the child’s grandmother on Curley Street, the block where police said the shooting happened. It’s the latest incident in which a child was shot this summer. In July, 7-year-old Taylor Hayes died weeks after being shot while riding in the back seat of a car. “It’s just a shame,” Govan said, starting to cry. “You can’t even go to the store in peace.” Police said the 12-year-old’s injuries are not considered life-threatening. “She’s doing OK,” said Govan, who had spoken with the child’s grandmother earlier. A 911 call was received from the nearby home of one of the girl’s relatives about 12:45 p.m., and the girl was transported to an area