SURPRISE, AZ — A 3-year-old girl has died after she was allegedly shot by her father in a Surprise neighborhood last week.
Just after 6:30 p.m., officers were called to a neighborhood near 184th Avenue and Bell Road for reports of a man acting erratically.
Police officials say the man, 48-year-old Dariusz Modrzejewski, a former U.S. Marine, called 9-1-1 and made threatening statements about harming his family.
Surprise police and SWAT team members arrived at the home and set up a perimeter around the area.
At one point, officers heard a gunshot from inside the home. They then forced entry and found a three-year-old girl with a gunshot wound.
She was rushed to a nearby ambulance and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Police announced on Monday that the girl had died from her injuries.
Modrzejewski was taken into custody without incident. He is being held on a one-million-dollar bond.
Modrzejewski was initially booked into jail on aggravated assault charges, however, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office has since upgraded the charge to first-degree murder and child abuse.
