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At about 6:55 p.m., the Houston Police Department responded to a shooting at 1501 Big Bend Drive and found the girl suffering from a bullet graze wound to her right shin, HPD says.
The girl's mother told Eyewitness News that the bullet came from the suspect's apartment window, hit a fence, and then ricocheted to hit her daughter's leg when she was sitting on the stairs.
The 7-year-old victim was treated and released at the apartment complex by Houston Fire Department paramedics, said HPD Major Assaults and Family Violence Division Detectives.
The girl's mother says the 28-year-old suspect, Jerikalen Jeremy Alexander, returned to the scene and apologized to her and was "remorseful." She says he isn't "a bad guy."
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Alexander was arrested and charged for his role in the shooting with a misdemeanor deadly conduct count, HPD said. He has since been released from jail.
Alexander is a convicted felon for an offense of theft from a person in 2016.
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