Shooting kills 1 child, critically injures another on Detroit's west side

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Detroit Police are investigating a fatal shooting that has left one child dead, and another critically injured. 

The shooting happened a little before 8 p.m Sunday. on Steel Street on Detroit's west side. 

Police tell Fox 2, 23-year-old Sharonda Benson turned herself in at the 6th precinct early Monday morning. 

Another man was arrested a short time later. 

Investigators tell Fox 2 that the shooting stemmed from a family argument that occurred during a holiday party at the victims' home. 

The alleged shooter left the family outing after a dispute over an ex-boyfriend and came back to the home firing 5-10 shots into the home striking the two girls, aged 7 and 8 were playing on the ground floor of the home with newly received Christmas gifts. 

According to police, the 7-year-old has died, the 8-year-old is hospitalized in critical condition. 

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