Cops Accused of Taking Hours to Show Up After George Floyd's 4-Year-Old Niece Was Shot in Bed
Daddy, Ive been hit, little Arianna Delane told her father just after being shot around 3 a.m. on New Years Day.
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George Floyds 4-year-old niece was hospitalized after she was struck in the torso by gunfire that pierced her familys Houston home just hours after the new year. Daddy, Ive been hit, Arianna Delane told her father after several bullets tore through their second-story home just before 3 a.m. on New Years Day.
I was shocked until I seen the blood and I realized my 4-year-old daughter was really hit, her dad, Derrick Delane, told
KTRK-TV. She didnt know what was going on. She was asleep. Delane slammed the polices sluggish response to the incident, accusing the cops of taking roughly four hours to arrive after his daughter was shot.
In a statement on Tuesday, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that he had initiated an investigation into the departments delay. I am aware and have concerns regarding the delayed response time in this incident and have initiated an Internal Affairs investigation, he said. 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.
The girls injuries were a devastating discovery for a family that less than two years ago was wracked with grief over the death of George Floyd, who was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes while detaining him in May 2020.
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