Eric D. Lawrence

Detroit Free Press

DETROIT -- A second man charged in the fatal point-blank shooting of a 2-year-old girl was arraigned Saturday.

Rapheal Daniel-Jordan Hearn, 29, of Inkster was arraigned in Romulus on first-degree murder, two counts of assault with intent to murder and other charges, including being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and Michigan State Police. It wasn't clear Saturday whether Hearn has an attorney; he was denied bail.

The first man charged in the case, Raymone B. Jackson, 24, of Inkster, was arraigned Thursday on first-degree murder, torture and other charges.

A third suspect arrested in connection with the shooting was released "pending further investigation," state police said in a news release Saturday.

Kamiya French was shot in the head Tuesday night outside a home in Inkster. Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw said the shooter wanted her death to be the last thing her father ever saw. The father and a 12-year-old girl were also shot. Condition updates on the father and the girl who survived were not immediately available Saturday.

"The alleged facts in this case, including the deliberate shooting that killed an infant and injured a young girl, are among the most heinous that I have ever seen," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in statement.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office has said — relying on information from Kamiya's mother, Erica Gross — that Kamiya's last name is French, although State Police continue to list her last name as Gross.

Inkster Police Chief Hilton Napoleon has said that the shooting appeared to be retaliation for a shooting at an after-hours club in April, although Shaw has been dismissive of that idea, calling it "silliness."

"I can't wrap my head around anything that would make me want to walk up to a small child sitting next to a porch, point a pistol at their head, and shoot them dead," Shaw told a Free Press reporter after Jackson was arraigned.

Contributing: The Associated Press