The child is Ariana Dylan (4 years old), the niece of George Floyd, the man who was killed by the American police in 2020, and his case sparked outrage in the United States.
The family stated that the girl underwent surgery, after bullets penetrated her body and lungs, causing her ribs to break.
The shooting occurred in Houston, Texas, at the beginning of this week.
The US police did not reveal the motives for the attack or the identity of the shooter, but the family said they knew who fired the shot, stressing that the attack was premeditated.
The family said that someone fired indiscriminately at the family’s house, which is located on the second floor of a building in the city, at dawn last Saturday.
She stated that 6 people were in the house at the time of the shooting.
Her father, Derek Dylan, told local media: “I was shocked until I saw the blood and realized that my 4-year-old daughter was really injured.”
He added, “She didn’t know what was going on. She was asleep.”
The girl was participating with her family members in the “Black Lives Matter” rallies, which followed the murder of her uncle, George Floyd.
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