A 4-year-old girl was shot in southwest Houston, Texas on New Year’s Day has been identified as the niece of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. The family identified the child as Arianna Delane according to ABC 13 Houston. The toddler’s father, Derrick Delane, said their apartment was hit by gunfire just before 3 a.m. on Jan. 1. The gunfire entered the second story hit the child who was asleep in the front bedroom..

“My daughter jumped up and said, ‘Daddy, I’ve been hit’ and I was shocked until I seen the blood and I realized my 4-year-old daughter was really hit,” Delane told the news station. “She didn’t know what was going on. She was asleep.”

The girl’s mother drove her to the hospital where she underwent surgery and was stabilized. According to the family, she has a punctured lung and liver and three broken ribs. She remains hospitalized.

Her dad feels fortunate that she was not killed in the shooting.

Houston police said earlier this week they do not have a suspect or motive in this case. Delane says he has reason to believe their home was targeted.

“Why would my house get shot up?” the father said. “My daughter don’t know. I can’t explain that to her. As the father, you’re supposed to protect the kids.”

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner launched an Internal Affairs investigation into the department’s response time to the shooting. Arianna’s father said police didn’t arrive until 7 a.m., over four hours after the time of the incident.

“I am aware and have concerns regarding the delayed response time in this incident and have initiated an Internal Affairs investigation. I ask the city continue to pray for the child’s full recovery and assist in providing information that would lead to the arrest of the suspect or suspects responsible,” Finner said in a statement.

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