3 Men Charged In Shooting Of 11-Year-Old Detroit Girl: Prosecutors

DETROIT — Three men were charged in connection with a shooting of an 11-year-old Detroit girl, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.

The 11-year-old girl was sleeping on a coach at 4 a.m. in the front of a home in the 6000 block of Pennsylvania, near Interstate 94 and Gratiot Avenue, where multiple shooters fired roughly 23 rounds into the house, according to police.

The girl was shot at least once in the head and taken to Children's Hospital of Michigan, where she was listed in critical condition, according to police.

Tahkari Turner, 18, and Nasir Lavant Garrett, 19, both of Detroit, were charged with nine counts of attempted murder, one count of firing a weapon at a building causing serious injury and 10 counts of felony firearm.

Robert Lee Turner Jr., 20, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of ammunition, two counts of felony firearm, one count of accessory after the fact and one count of tampering with evidence.

Two other people were arrested in connection with the shooting, but were not yet charged, according to police.

Other victims in the home included a 43-year-old woman, a 38-year-old man, an 18-year-old man, a 16-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl, a second 11-year-old girl, an 8-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl, according to the prosecutor's office.

They were not injured in the shooting, according to the prosecutor's office.

Surveillance video showed Turner and Garrett getting out of a white or silver SUV that pulled up to the home and firing multiple shots into the house, according to police.

Investigators believe there was some kind of conflict between two groups of people.

"These senseless shootings are even more tragic when innocent people - especially a child is harmed. The evidence will show that the defendants are responsible for this brutal and violent assault. This case is still under investigation, and we expect other potential defendants will be charged," said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.