The girl received a bullet wound in the stomach and several punctured ribs.
In the American state of Texas on the night of Saturday, January 1, George Floyd's four-year-old niece Arianna was shot in Houston.
This was reported by FOX 9.
It is noted that the incident occurred at about three o'clock in the morning local time, when unknown persons opened fire towards the apartment where the girl was with four adults and one more child.
One of the bullets hit Arianna. According to Floyd's sister Latonia, the girl received a bullet wound in the stomach and several punctured ribs. Her father took her to the hospital.
The injured child has already undergone surgery and remains in the children's district hospital, her condition is assessed as satisfactory.
Meanwhile, the head of the Houston police department, Troy Finner, called on eyewitnesses to help ” in providing information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect or suspects. ” Law enforcement officers have no information on the description of the attackers or on the motives of the crime.
Recall that on May 25, 2020, African American George Floyd died in Minneapolis during his arrest, when one of the police officers applied a strangulation to him. The next day, thousands of people protested against police brutality and racism.
