Azuri Ford, 7, is recovering in a wheelchair after being shot in the arm while sitting in the back seat of her mother's car on Oct. 28 in the city's Fairhill section. Read more Ashley Zeledon

by Robert Moran Published Nov. 4, 2025, 8:25 p.m. ET

A 30-year-old man was arrested in connection with a shooting early last week that wounded a 7-year-old girl in Philadelphia’s Fairhill section, authorities said Tuesday evening.

The announcement came shortly before a 12-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet in North Philadelphia in a separate case.

The U.S. Marshals Service apprehended Alfredo Marrero around 4:30 p.m. on the 3700 block of North Percy Street on an arrest warrant issued Monday for attempted murder in the shooting of Azuri Ford on Oct. 28 .

The girl was sitting in

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