George Floyd’s 4-Year-Old Niece Shot While Sleeping in Houston Home on New Year’s Day

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By Noah A. McGee, The Root.com

Houston Police took four hours to arrive at the scene of the shooting.

Arianna Delane (Photo credit: The Root, Screenshot: ABC13)

A shooting that occurred on New Year’s Day in Houston, Texas injured a 4-year-old girl, Arianna Delane, while she was sleeping. The girl turned out to be the niece of George Floyd, who was killed last year after a Minnesota Police Officer put his knee on Floyd’s neck, according to ABC13.

Now, the Houston Police Department is launching an internal probe after it took officers four hours to arrive at the scene of the shooting.

Four hours?!

Per the story from ABC13, Arianna’s father, Derrick Delane, said that their apartment was hit multiple times by gunfire around 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day and the gunfire that went into the second story of their apartment hit Arianna who was sleeping.

Thankfully, she survived the shooting.

Read the full article here.

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