Charles E. Ramirez

The Detroit News

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in the Monday shooting of a 7-year-old girl who was struck in the face by a bullet, Detroit Police said Friday.

Police spokesman Michael Woody said officers arrested the man Friday at a home on Josephine Street. The street is near Woodward and Chicago Boulevard in the city’s North End area.

He said police are not releasing the identity of the suspect because he has not yet been formally charged with the crime. The man could be arraigned on charges later Friday, he said.

Police said the shooting happened Monday and the girl was likely caught in the crossfire of an adult argument.

She was shot in the face while she slept on the couch in her grandmother’s arms, according to authorities.

Her grandmother was watching television in the living room of their upstairs flat in the 2900 block of Monterey when someone drove by at 11:15 p.m. Monday and fired 8 to 10 gunshots, police said. The scene of the shooting is about three miles from where the suspect was arrested.

Police said one of the bullets crashed through a window and hit the girl in the cheek.

cramirez@detroitnews.com