Trigger happy: Driver shoots children hurling snowballs at car

Children suffer non-life threatening gunshot wounds while police search for shooter

A manhunt is under way in the United States for a driver who allegedly shot two children after they threw snowballs at his vehicle.

According to Gulf News, police in the American state of Wisconsin said the 12-year old girl and the 13-year old boy were part of a larger group of children throwing snowballs at passing cars in Milwaukee, 145 kilometres north of Chicago.

According to local police, the children were found minutes apart, but their injuries were non-life-threatening.

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"One of the snowballs struck a white Toyota, no further description, and the driver of the auto fired shots into the group of kids striking the two victims," said the statement.

The shooter, however, fled the scene of the crime and is still at large.

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While this particular instance is unique, the frequency of public shooting incidents in the country has resulted in calls for stronger gun laws. The ruling Republican party routinely draws flak over its failure to introduce legislation like stringent background checks for gun buyers.