A 30-year-old man has been charged with murder after bullets from an automatic rifle ripped through a Philadelphia home, fatally shooting a 2-year-old girl in the head.
Two-year-old Nikolette Rivera was in her mother's arms in her North Philadelphia home Sunday afternoon when she was struck in the head, according to Philadelphia police.
A man cleaning carpets in the home was shot in the abdomen and hospitalized "in critical, but stable condition," police said. Nikolette's mother suffered a gunshot to the arm and a graze wound to the head, said police.
Freddie Perez, 30, was taken into custody on Tuesday. He was formally charged Wednesday with charges including murder, said police.
On Wednesday, a second male suspect was taken into custody on unrelated charges, according to police.
(MORE: 11-month-old shot 4 times in grave condition, 2-year-old shot dead in mom's arms; police beg public for information)"He has not yet been formally charged, so at this time we cannot identify him," police said Thursday. "This remains a highly active and fluid investigation."
Nikolette's death came one day after an 11-month-old boy was shot four times, including in the head and neck, while he was in the back of a car in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Hunting Park.
(MORE: 11-month-old clinging to life after being shot 4 times in back seat of car)He has no chance for a full recovery and if he survives he most likely will be a quadriplegic, Philadelphia Police Capt. Nicholas Brown said Monday.
The little boy remains in critical condition, police said Thursday, and no arrests have been made.