INDIANAPOLIS -- A 3-year-old girl died Thursday afternoon after she was shot in the head inside a home on Indianapolis' west side, police said.

The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. in the 200 block of North Sheffield Avenue, just north of Washington Street and west of Belmont Avenue.

Neighbors told police that the girl's mother -- Fiona Lee, 26 -- came out of the house yelling for help, saying her daughter had been shot, said Lt. Jeff Duhamell.

"She was screaming. She was out of her mind crying," said neighbor Robert Tremblay. "She was losing it."

The girl was rushed to Riley Hospital for Children and was pronounced dead just after 4:30 p.m.

Police said there were other children in the home at the time of the shooting.

According to a police report, officers found suspected marijuana cigarette butts, along with a bag and a digital scale with cocaine residue.

Additional details about the circumstances of the shooting weren't immediately available. Police didn't release information about how the girl was shot or who did it.

Neighbors were devastated to learn of the girl's death, 6News' Myrt Price reported.

"It's heartbreaking. She's a little girl, and she had so much ahead of her," said neighbor Maria Carmona. "She was only 3 years old. It's a loss to the family. It's a loss to the neighborhood."