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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (UPI) -- Police in Sheboygan, Wis., say an 8-year-old girl was shot in the leg by her BB gun-wielding mother as part of a $1 bet the parent made with her boyfriend.

Angelique Vandeberg, 28, was charged with a felony count of intentional child abuse after her daughter told her school councilor Vandeberg shot her in the leg with a BB gun after her boyfriend bet her $1 she wouldn't do it, the Sheboygan Press reported Monday.

The girl said both adults had been drinking heavily before the incident. The school councilor said a circular bruise that appeared to be consistent with a BB gun-inflicted injury remained visible on the child's leg days after the alleged incident.

"In my time as a prosecutor I've seen alcohol influence people to do some strange things," Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco said of the case. "When people are not in the state of mind to think right, you get strange things happening."

Vandeberg could face up to three years in prison if convicted.