4-year-old shooting victim's dad says HPD officers didn't arrive until 4 hours after incident

4-year-old shooting victim's dad says HPD officers didn't arrive until 4 hours after incident

"The 4-year-old girl who was shot in southwest Houston on New Year's Day has been identified as the niece of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. Family identified the child as Arianna Delane."

"Her father, Derrick Delane, said their apartment in the 3300 block of Yellowstone Boulevard was hit several times by gunfire just before 3 a.m. on Jan. 1. The gunfire that entered the second story hit the child who was asleep in the front bedroom.

"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 recalled. "She didn't know what was going on. She was asleep.""

"he girl's mother drove her to the hospital where she underwent surgery and was stabilized.

Family said she has a punctured lung and liver and three broken ribs. She remains hospitalized.

Her father feels fortunate that she was not killed in the shooting.

Houston police said Tuesday they do not have a suspect or motive in this case.

Delane said he has reason to believe their home was targeted.

"Why would my house get shot up?" the father said. "My daughter don't know. I can't explain that to her. As the father, you're supposed to protect the kids."

Late Tuesday afternoon, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner launched an Internal Affairs investigation into the department's response time to the shooting. Arianna's father said police didn't arrive until 7 a.m., more than four hours after the time of the incident."