A young girl on a field trip at the Lawrence Hall of Science in the hills above UC Berkeley was shot in the leg by an arrow Tuesday, police said.

She was sitting atop a whale structure in front of the hall when the arrow came out of nowhere and pierced her thigh. The shooter is still at large, and police say that it is unclear whether or not it was an accident.

The child was transported to Children's Hospital Oakland with the non-life threatening arrow still lodged in her thigh.

SFGate reports that police used yellow caution tape to block off the whale and part of the plaza, which offers sweeping views of the bay. The science center remained open to visitors, including many schoolchildren on field trips.




Officers looking for the shooter were focusing on an area north of the science center where there are several houses and a parking lot. Campus police were assisted by Berkeley city police and the Oakland police helicopter, which made a few passes of the area at midday.

Poor child now has a whale of tale to tell other kids at recess.