CLEVELAND, Ohio – Noni Brooks and her 5-year-old daughter Jermani were shot in a parked car while waiting for Noni's fiancé to return from collecting a debt, according to Sharon Fips, the fiancé's mother.

The particulars of the fiancé’s stop are as unclear as the suspected shooter’s motivations.

Both victims were shot in the head about 11 p.m. Sunday outside a home on the 12800 block of Crossburn Avenue after a gunman in a green SUV pulled alongside, got out of the vehicle and indiscriminately opened fire, police said.

Jermani died from her wounds. Noni, 33, is recovering at MetroHealth Medical Center, where she is listed in good condition.

Geoffrey Gurkovich

Police on Tuesday arrested Geoffrey Gurkovich, 32, in connection with the slaying. He is charged with aggravated murder and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.

Fips said her son and his family – Noni, Jermani and two other children -- drove to the Crossburn Avenue home after leaving a family gathering held to discuss plans for a reunion.

She could not say with certainty how much her son was owed or why.

“I believe it was about the [49ers vs. Seahawks game] because we were watching the game that night too,” she said.

Officials would not identify Noni’s fiancé, and Fips did not want to provide his name.

Police on Tuesday said Noni and Jermani were not Gurkovich’s intended victims. They believe Gurkovich’s violent eruption was a reaction to a dispute between his girlfriend and another man.

Records show Gurkovich’s girlfriend contacted police Sunday to file a menacing complaint. She told officers she was threatened at a gas station by a man she assumed to be an acquaintance of her ex-husband.

The suspected acquaintance followed Gurkovich’s girlfriend to her home, she told police about 10:30 p.m.

Jermani and Noni both were shot about 45 minutes later, according to officials.

After the shooting and less than a mile away, officers found an SUV matching witness descriptions of the suspect’s vehicle. It was parked on Kirton Avenue – the street where Gurkovich’s girlfriend lives, police said.

Gurkovich’s Facebook page, which has been removed from the site, included multiple photos of a blue-green Chevy SUV. Police believe Gurkovich was looking to shoot the man who wronged his girlfriend.

Fips said her son was not that man.

“It was not my son that had any problems with the girlfriend of the suspect,” Fips said. “My son and his family were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. If you look at this man, he is not the kind of man my son would be around.”

Gurkovich’s girlfriend declined to discuss the details of her police report, but insisted Gurkovich is innocent. Gurkovich’s criminal record on file with the county includes kidnapping, escape and felonious assault convictions.

A vigil for Jermani is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday – Jermani’s birthday -- at 13307 Bellaire Avenue, a family member said.

A donation fund for the family has been set up at KeyBank in the name of Jermani Brooks.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Cleveland Division of Police Homicide Unit at (216) 623-5464. Anonymous tips can be given to Crime Stoppers by calling (216) 252-7463 or by texting TIP657 along with a message to 274637 (CRIMES).