The girl was shot around 11 a.m. on the 2300 block of N. Bouvier Street. Police said she was one of three children left unattended in the house at the time of the shooting.
During a news conference on last week's fatal shooting of Milan Loncar, authorities faced questions about why Josephus Davis — already jailed on unrelated charges — was allowed to go free on Dec. 29.
Dreyon Hart, 17, became the city's latest homicide victim Monday after being fatally shot in the face in North Philly. He was one half a dozen teens who have been shot in the city since the weekend.
Ryan Perez, a five-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, was arrested and fired for breaking his neighbor's window during a fight in December 2019.
DA Larry Krasner said bail amounts for those arrested for gun crimes must be increased to help prevent the type of violence that led to nearly 500 murders last year.
