The man wanted for opening fire during a wedding celebration inside a home in Kensington that left a 10-month-old girl wounded is under arrest, Philadelphia police said.
Police said Santos Diaz, 45, was arrested Thursday afternoon.
The baby girl was shot in the hand Sunday morning n the 3400 block of Emerald Street, police said. She was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and was listed in stable condition.
The shooting stemmed from a fight in a house where a wedding party was going on, police said. The mother’s child was holding the baby when the fight spilled outside and four shots rang out, according to police.
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Diaz is accused of firing those shots at the family, Philadelphia police said.
Sunday’s shooting is only the latest involving a child in Philadelphia. According to the city controller’s office, at least 134 minors have been shot this year.
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