2 People Released In Connection With Fatal Shooting Of 7-Year-Old Girl
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) — Authorities say they have released two people held in the killing of a 7-year-old girl in Detroit.
Police said Thursday a woman described as "a person of interest" and a man who is "a possible suspect" were freed. The woman turned herself in and the man was arrested in connection with the Sunday shooting into a home that killed the girl and injured an 8-year-old girl.
Investigators say someone fired a gun into the northwest side home. There was a party, a fight broke out and someone left and returned with a gun.
State law says suspects can be held for up to 72 hours without charges. The Wayne County Medical Examiner ruled the girl's death was a homicide.
Prosecutors returned a warrant request to police for further investigation.
The deadly incident happened in the area of 7 Mile and Outer Drive — on the 16000 block of Steel Street in Detroit On Dec. 27.
The 7-year-old died after being shot on the home's main floor, and older girl was treated at a hospital. Assistant Detroit Police Chief Steve Dolunt says the 8-year-old "is going to be OK."
WWJ's Charlie Langton spoke Monday with the mother of Chanel Berry, killed in the shooting.
"I've got three other kids, three boys. That was my only daughter, that was my only daughter," she said.
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