George Floyd's 4-year-old grandniece, Arianna Delane, was shot and injured after several shots were fired into an apartment in Houston on New Year's Day, Derrick Delane, the girl's father, told a CNN affiliate
"She is recovering," Delane told CNN correspondent Rosa Flores on Wednesday. Delane told Flores the details reported by KTRK were accurate, but that he did not have time to do an interview at that time.Family told KTRK the 4-year-old victim was struck in the torso while she was asleep in her bed and she suffered a punctured lung and liver and three broken ribs. Delane showed KTRK the bullet holes on the walls and windows.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.
How the fatal arrest of George Floyd unfolded 04:39"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 KTRK."She didn't know what was going on. She was asleep."Arianna was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle where she underwent surgery, the Houston Police Department said in a news release Tuesday.
Brother of George Floyd speaks out after statue honoring him is defaced 03:49"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 the statement.
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