15-Year-Old Arrested In Drive-By Shooting That Killed 2, Including Orlando Girl, 6

ORLANDO, FL — A 15-year-old has been charged in a drive-by shooting in Orlando that killed two people, including a 6-year-old girl, in late August, police announced.

Nico Brown was arrested on charges of first-degree homicide in the killings of Ajahliyah Hashim, 6, and Isaiyah Wright, a 19-year-old man, Orlando police said Saturday.

The shooting was reported about 8:20 p.m. on Aug. 29, at a home on the 1100 block of Poppy Avenue, where multiple shots were fired from a passing vehicle, police said.

The 6-year-old was shot while in her living room and declared deceased by medical staff; her mother also was shot and sustained non life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

Wright arrived at Health Central in Ocoee and was pronounced dead by medical staff there, police said.

"We commend the swift action, good policing, diligent work of the law enforcement, OPD to make this arrest," Orlando commissioner Bakari Burns said, Fox 35 reported. "We, as a community, have to come together to find solutions for some of those root causes of these senseless, violent acts."

Authorities said the investigation is continuing and they are asking anyone with information related to contact the Orlando Police Homicide Unit or pass on their information anonymously through Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.

Police said the girl and her mother were believed to be unintended targets, Click Orlando reported.

A neighbor told Click Orlando the girl was "such a beautiful girl. So quiet. You would want (the mother) for a neighbor. No loudness, no riffraff, her kids were very controlled."