Milwaukee drive-by shooting leaves 11-year-old girl dead, 5-year-old wounded

11-year-old girl killed, her 5-year-old sister wounded in Milwaukee drive-by shooting. Gun violence, shootings

An 11-year-old girl was shot to death and her 5-year-old sister was wounded in Milwaukee on Saturday night when a gunman in a passing vehicle unleashed a barrage of bullets targeting a family car the girls were sitting in, authorities said.

The shooting unfolded around 9 p.m. local time in the Sherman Park neighborhood in northwest Milwaukee, according to Milwaukee Police Department.

The girls were taken to Children's Hospital in Milwaukee, where the 11-year-old died from her injuries, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner told ABC affiliate station WISN in Milwaukee.

The younger girl was in stable condition, police said.