Toddler in critical condition after SWAT responds to shooting in Surprise

A three-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was found with a gunshot wound at a home in Surprise on May 1.

What we know:

Surprise Police said a SWAT Team was needed to negotiate with 48-year-old Dariusz Modrzejewski who made threatening statements about harming his family near 184th Drive and West Bell Road.

Calls to police were made by neighbors and Modrzejewski. 

Police set up a perimeter around the home. When they heard a gunshot, they rushed in and found the toddler wounded.

Modrzejewski, a Polish national, was taken into custody shortly afterward.

His bond was set for $1 million.

Police later confirmed the three-year-old was Modrzejewski's daughter.

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