Police say Kamau Thomas Jr. (right) is charged with shooting Isis Allen (left) outside a house on Zara Street in Knoxville.

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A 6-year-old girl died Wednesday, three days after police said she was shot by a man who told them he was only trying to scare someone from a rival neighborhood.Kamau Thomas Jr. was already facing charges that include attempted homicide and aggravated assault for the shooting of Isis Allen. Pittsburgh police said the case is now considered a homicide, and charges against the 19-year-old man will be amended.VIDEO: Watch Sheldon Ingram's reportPolice interviewed his friends who were with him that night, which led to his arrest."People spoke up", says the girl's mother, Taquea Sykes.They weren't afraid to snitch, to tell. I have to thank the community because the community is what brought this man to justice as fast as they did. They caught hi within 24 hours of this happening."The criminal complaint shows it was likely a series of events -- from threats to fighting to ongoing neighborhood feuds -- that led up to the shooting Sunday night in Knoxville.Sykes said Isis was walking home with a babysitter when she was gunned down in front of a home on Zara Street. "She wasn't an intended target or anything like that, it's just that he shouldn't have been shooting," she said.Before the shooting, two women agreed to meet for a fight after threats were made to kill some family members inside the home, according to the complaint. After the fight, things quickly escalated and one woman received a threatening phone call.Someone outside the home fired shots aimed toward the porch, and Isis was hit in the temple, police said.According to the complaint, Thomas confessed to a friend that he was the shooter, saying he had "done a drill," and the friend told police it was slang for "a shooting."That same friend was later on a live Facebook chat when someone asked if Thomas "was involved with the shooting," and Thomas "overheard the conversation and then said out loud, 'does she know I did it," according to the complaint.Police said Thomas told them he fired the shots to scare off a man who had threatened him. Thomas said he and that man had been involved in a neighborhood feud and had exchanged words earlier at the fight on Zara Street.Records show Thomas was previously charged with robbery, and is expected to go to a non-jury trial next month for that case.Hugs were shared Monday during an emotional prayer vigil for Isis outside the house where shots were fired. The gathering was filled with heartbreak, as well as frustration."We are killing each other. Let's stop it," one man said."This has to stop," Sykes said. "I love this city. I was born and raised here. So was my baby. It was senseless. It was stupid."Get the WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News 4 App