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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

Today is Friday, January 22nd.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, Philadelphia police charged the father of a nine-year-old girl who was shot and killed inside a home on Wednesday.

It happened just before 11 a.m. in the 2,300 block of Bouvier Street.

Police say officers found the girl lying in a back bedroom suffering from a gunshot wound to the right side of her head.

According to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, at the time of the shooting, the girl's brother and cousin,

both minors, were inside the residence with no adult supervision. A five-year-old boy inside the home fired the fatal shot after a 12-year-old in the home provided him with the weapon. The girl was rushed to an area hospital where she later died. This is an absolutely tragic story. On Thursday, the district attorney's office announced charges against the girl's father,

39-year-old Blake Davis, in connection with the unintentional shooting.

Davis is being charged with involuntary manslaughter,

endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors,

recklessly endangering another person and illegal firearms violations.

I offer my deepest condolences to the Davis family for the terrible loss of a

beloved child. This tragedy was 100% preventable. Kids should not be allowed unsupervised access to

firearms period. We can hold both that a father has suffered a horrific tragedy and that he is also

criminally responsible for the loss, District Attorney Larry Krasner said. And you know what, another thing you might not think about, another casualty from something like this,

is the kid who pulled the trigger is going to be emotionally scarred for the rest of their lives.

That is like the worst part of it.

I have the quote here because it's just absolutely awful.

But Krasner went on to say, as a community, we must also come together to ensure that the two other children found in this residence are able to heal and grow beyond the trauma inflicted on them. So the girl's mother made this statement. She said, the kids and these video games and their Nerf guns just stopped because my son kept thinking that she had another life. And he woke up this morning saying,

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