The thug who recklessly shot a 5-year-old girl during an early-morning Bronx gunfight Sunday is being held on $100,000 cash bail after being arraigned this afternoon on attempted-murder charges.
Angel Morales, 18, did not speak and showed no sign of emotion as prosecutors recounted how he fired off three rounds into a small crowd gathered near the Tremont home of little Hailey Dominguez, who was caught in the crossfire, with a bullet piercing her lung.
Morales – whom sources say has three priors, including one for pot possession, another for assault and one in a case that is sealed – was aiming for someone else when he hit Hailey, who had been returning home from a party with her mom and siblings when the gunfire erupted.
Cops said Hailey’s family was not the intended target. Investigators have interviewed several witnesses – including many who ducked to get out of Morales’ line of fire – but so far nobody has given any indication of who Morales may have been targeting.