According to her father, Derrick Delane, the girl was sleeping in bed when the family’s apartment was shot multiple times on Jan. 1. A bullet struck Arianna and perforated her lungs and liver. She had emergency surgery and is currently out of danger.
“My daughter jumped up and said, ‘Daddy, I’ve been hit’. I was in shock. But then I saw the blood and realized that my 4-year-old daughter was really hit. She had no idea what was going on,” her father told ABC13.
Grandniece George Floyd
The 4-year-old is George Floyd’s great-niece. He was killed in 2020 by ex-cop Derek Chauvin. The then police officer knelt on the handcuffed Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes during his arrest. A bystander filmed Floyd losing consciousness. The images sparked global outrage and sparked massive protests in the United States and elsewhere against police brutality and racism.
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Except Arianna, no one else was injured. The Houston Police Department has launched an investigation into the shooting but said Tuesday they had no suspect or motive in mind.