nassau county police arrested a year-old dejah joyner. she was killed by a single bullet as she ate dinner in her >> eyewitness news reporter lucy yang is in hempstead with reaction from dejah's family. >> reporter: sandra, and joe, three months later, police have finally made an arrest in a fatal shooting that broke so many hearts here in hempstead, long island. tonight for the first time, we hear from the victim's family. 12-year-old dejah joyner was a beautiful little girl who was doing the right thing in the right place at the right time, yet tragedy found her. she had just made sandwiches after school and was serving her brother his plate when a bullet came flying through her living room window striking the innocent child in the head. dejah was pronounced dead at the hospital. it happened last october here on the 200 block of dartmouth street in hempstead, long island. three months later an arrest has been made. 20-year-old jaquan keller was arrest today. detectives believe he is family with a bullet meant for someone else. dejah's gr

obviously 12-year-old dejah joyner was not the intended target. her family is suffering and grieving over that loss. they were in court today as well as keller's family. they were there to defend him. joyner was in her living room in hempstead in october when a bullet came flying through her front window and struck her in the head. prosecutors say keller shot we spoke with dejah's grandmother after court. >> justice is being served. >> we want to thank all those that came together, not only the excellent police work, but the community that utilized crime stoppers and provided important information that led to the arrest. >> reporter: police say they got dozens of tips that keller may be the suspect, and yesterday they spotted him driving in hempstead and promptly arrested him. he's being charged with murder in the second-degree, and is being held without bail. live in hempstead, i'm kristin thorne channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thanks there's new video of a father searching for help for his daughter as she was being sexually assaulted in brooklyn.

dejah joyner. the suspect jakwan keller is in custody, charged with second degree murder. family members said joyner had just fixed food when a bullet came through and struck her in the head. her great great-grandmother says she's glad a suspect is in custody. >> i hope he rot in hell. taking my granddaughter away so young, such a young age, and i had just got off the phone talking with her. she was telling me, she was making lunch. school. just coming in from school, she called me every day when she would come in from school. >> reporter: the family has since moved from the house where the shooting took place. keller will be arraigned tomorrow. >>> turning now to weather, where we had two extremes today. sunday got off to a wet start. our cameras captured flooding in queens and new jersey. especially hard. several hours later, the sky opened up, and the temperature some double rainbows. niece are just a few of the photos and videos we received. meteorologist elise finch is here with more. impressive. just take a look at some of these rain totals. jersey. certainly got the

a stray bullet flew through the window of dejah joyner's home. the alleged gunman is in custody. he's charged with murder. here's more. >> reporter: emotions erupted in the courtroom and spilled out to the hall. the family of the accused killer denying he pulled the trigger. a stray bullet smashed through the joyner's front window killing the innocent 12-year- old hempstead child as she ate dinner inside her own home. >> shot my grand baby. >> reporter: what would you like to say to him now? >> i hope you rot in hell. >> reporter: the 20-year-old suspect, jakwan keller, a devout member of the notorious bloods street gang, say police, fired the fatal shot in a petty dispute over his brother's stolen hover board. keller was shielded in a bulletproof vest. >> this is a heinous act committed by a coward. driving a luxury star when police picked him up. the killing sparked outrage here over a plague of gun violence. police credit a collaborative investigation including audio and video surveillance. >> nassau county crimestoppers received over 40 calls. >> reporter: keller has prior ar

he's charged with firing a gun in the town of hempstead back in october. 12-year-old dejah joyner was struck and killed by a stray bullet. it happened as she was serving her brother a plate of food for dinner at the time. dejah's family members say they >> well, i can't say what i want to say, but i hope you rot in hell. >> i'm not going to say nothing bad to him. whatever's coming to him, it's going to come to him. he's not in a safe haven right now. >> investigators have not said why they think keller is the alleged gunman or if there's another intended target. >>> governor cuomo's announcing more details about his 2016 agenda. the governor unveiled a $25 million program to help families living in poverty in the ten upstate cities with the highest poverty rates. the announcement comes one week after governor cuomo issued an executive order requiring communities to give shelter to the homeless when temperatures fall below freezing. >> we're now in the winter. we have freezing temperatures. we have people who are on the streets, people who are on the streets who don't want to go to a

dejah joyner died after a stray bullet hit her in the head back in october. the girl was enjoying dinner with her family in their home in hempstead when the put pierced the window. police tell eyewitness news the accused gunman was taken into custody earlier today. >>> a storm system dropped rain today. strong winds whipped up waves in rock away beach and queens, board walk. new jersey saw its share of flooding. a viewer sent us this video from avalon, along a swamped a similar site in manesquan. a line of thunderstorms is making it through the area. meteorologist jeff smith is here with the accuweather forecast. >> there was a lot of water in a relatively short period of time this morning. nearly 2 inches in part of the area. 1.8 inches in the park in caldwell, and the wind was also a big factor before the front moved on through. gusted up to 30 miles per hour in central park but up to 60 miles per hour at islip, and a 71 miles per hour wind gust at 9:20 this morning during the brunt of this storm. and also as the secondary line of thunderstorms has been mov

and the stray bullet shooting, jakwan keller of hempstead is charged with murder. 12-year-old dejah joyner was shot. >>> and the first woman to serve as new york state's chief judge, presided over a seven member court of appeals serving until 2008, died of cancer at the age of 77 last thursday at her home in manhattan. >>> the story in my department ice in morristown, route 287 is closed due to icing multiple cars have spun out. be careful as you make your way around town, live look at the george washington bridge there is a half hour delay as you make your way here to the lincoln tunnel, alternate side is in effect city wide and be safe don't text and drive. john over to you. >>> you're dealing with ice because it is just so cold after this storms and the record heat of yesterday we got the biting wind chills out there, wind chill in the city is 25 degrees, wind chills in the hudson valley as low as 14 degrees, down to the jersey shore 18, your high today, 36, 40 tomorrow, snow later tomorrow into tomorrow night even colder for your wednesday. >>> we'll have another check coming up in 25

joyner was struck and killed by a stray bullet. she was serving her brother a plate of food for dinner at the time. dejah's family members plan to be at today's arraignment. >> i can't say what i want to say, but i hope he rot in hell. >> i'm not going to say nothing bad to him. whatever is coming to him, it's going to come to him. he's not in a safe haven right now. >> investigators have not said why they think keller is the alleged gunman or if there was another intended target. >>> right now in philadelphia, police are on alert for another possible attack on officers. police say the suspect in thursday night's attack had alleged ties to a group with radical beliefs. er is accused of shooting an officer in his patrol car multiple times. according to a police report, a tipster told officers, quote, the threat to police is not over. >>> iowa presidential caucuses are turning into a cliff hanger for both parties. democrat hillary clinton's lead over bernie sanders, that's down to just three points. this is according to an nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. also, donald trump trailing ted cruz by just four