Cleveland Police Riverside Avenue

Cleveland Police S.W.A.T. Unit surrounded a home in the 3500 block of Riverside Avenue Monday morning after police said a man shot and killed 5-year-old girl and wounded her mother on Crossburn Avenue late Sunday night. Police determined the suspect was not in the home. (Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- SWAT officers surrounded a home on the 3500 block of Riverside Avenue Friday morning after a 5-year-old girl was shot and killed overnight on the city's West Side, police said.

About 7:22 a.m., police said the suspect was not at the home, and the suspect remains at large.

The girl and her mother, a 33-year-old woman who is being treated at MetroHealth Medical Center, both were shot in the head Sunday about 11 p.m. on the 12800 block Crossburn Avenue, according to officials.

The mother and child were sitting in a vehicle on Crossburn Avenue when an unknown suspect pulled up in a green SUV, got out of the car and opened fire, police said.

The suspect fled the scene. Officers later located the vehicle on Kirton Avenue, and an investigation led to the 3500 block of Riverside, police said.

Police spokesman Sgt. Sammy Morris said a more detailed description of the suspect was not available, and did not say what led officers from the SUV to the Riverside home.

The homeowner on Riverside was at the home and was very cooperative with police, Morris said. It's unclear if the suspect had permission to be at the home.