PETERSBURG, Va. -- The Petersburg Police Department has announced an arrest in the 2023 shooting of a two-year-old girl.
Investigators say 21-year-old Damarcus Branch was captured during a traffic stop in Prince George County.
Branch is now charged with aggravated malicious wounding, child neglect, and reckless handling of a firearm.
As CBS 6 reported in April 2023,the toddler was shot in the face inside a building on Navajo Court in the Petersburg East apartment complex.
She was later treated at VCU Medical Center.
Branch was charged with reckless handling of a firearm, child neglect, and aggravated malicious wounding.
There has been no word yet on Branch's relationship to the victim.
He is currently being held on a secure bond.
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