ST. LOUIS (KMOX)-A 15-year-old girl escaped serious injury this afternoon, when she was hit by a BB fired at her school bus in south St. Louis.

Police say the pellet came through an open window on the bus, and hit her on the chin.

Witnesses reported seeing six or seven teenaged boys, one carrying a gun, running from the scene at Spring and Delor.

The girl was treated on the scene and released to her parent.

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