“The little girl didn’t even cry when she got hit,” Assemblyman Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) said in an Instagram post. Emily’s grandmother said she was wearing a shirt given to her by the mother of her former playmate Ty’ah Settles, a 3-year-old who was killed by a stray bullet in May less than a mile away.

U.S. Park police flew the baby in a helicopter to Children’s National Hospital while a D.C. firefighter gave her a full blood transfusion. Police said they believed the girl would survive, but her family said she was in intensive care Friday and was undergoing a crucial 72-hour observation period to determine the extent of her injuries. The Washington Post is identifying her only by her first name because her family is concerned for their safety.

The shooting on 22nd Street between Savannah Street and Alabama Avenue pushed D.C.’s homicide count above 100 for the year. It also served as a reminder that violent crime remains a top concern in the nation’s capital, even as it drops from last year’s 25th-century highs. Residents expressed anger over the shooting. Emily’s grandmother said she was “numb” and that police must do more. An advisory neighborhood commissioner called for the police chief to resign.

D.C. police identified the two men who died as Lamont Street, 29, of Capitol Heights, Md., and Jermaine Proctor, 50, of Southeast Washington. Police reported no leads and had not made any arrests as of Friday afternoon.

White, who represents the neighborhood where Emily was shot, said in his Instagram post that his “spirit is exhausted.” He said people “pulled out multiple guns and started shooting when there was a group of kids outside. Kids, man. Some of them babies.” White said he is praying for “swift justice for the individuals responsible for this.” He did not immediately respond to an interview request Friday.

The lawmaker said that “it has become acceptable for people who live among us” and fire weapons “to walk around freely without consequences. It happens over and over and over again.”

White said he spoke with staff at the daycare, Cre8tive Korner Early Learning, who told him how they had shielded the children and brought them back inside, only to find that one of them had been shot. The red stroller Emily was in had three children in it; it was unclear whether other children were riding with her.

The blocks surrounding the shooting were relatively quiet Friday morning. The lights of a parked police car flashed in the parking lot next to Cre8tive Korner, which had been closed all day; thick blinds were drawn across the windows. Several residents and employees of businesses on the block declined to talk about the attack; one reported hearing the shots but said he was too afraid to be interviewed.

“It’s sad to have to keep going through this,” said Ashley Washington, 30, who lives nearby. “It’s sad that the kids have to see this. They shouldn’t have to come to the corner store to get their candy and chips, afraid a bullet might go through it.”

Joseph Johnson, chairman of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission for the area where Ty’ah Settles was killed, told reporters that D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith should resign after the shootings of the two toddlers this year. Smith, who has been at the helm for about a year and a half, has no plans to leave, a department spokesman said.

Smith went to the scene of the incident on Thursday to brief the press on the incident and condemn the attack. “We work hard every day to ensure that this type of violence decreases in our communities,” she said.

Emily’s grandmother, Priscilla Johns, 46, said Emily has undergone surgery and blood transfusions and doctors remain hopeful for a full recovery. She said the family wants residents to see Emily’s photo and remember her name in the hopes that something will be done to curb gun violence.

“Enough is enough,” Johns said, adding that city leaders “must do better.”

The grandmother said her daughter, who was sitting at her daughter’s hospital bedside and did not want to be interviewed, waited until Emily started talking before taking her to daycare. Emily’s mother works with people with developmental disabilities.

Johns asked for prayers and said Emily’s mother and father were the only family members allowed to visit on Thursday, and she hoped she would be able to join them soon. She said Emily’s parents spent the night in the hospital.

Johns said her daughter told her she regretted sending Emily to daycare. “I told her, ‘Don’t blame yourself.'” She said her daughter responded, “I should have kept her home. I should have kept her home.”

Emily’s family and Ty’ah Settles’ family are close, according to Johns, and the two girls played often. Johns said she is godmother to Ty’ah’s mother, and the family considered the two girls cousins. Johns said Ty’ah attended the same daycare as Emily. Police have not made any arrests in connection with Ty’ah’s murder.

Johns described Emily as a playful character, “so loving and wonderful.” In photos shared by the family, Emily is dressed lovingly in matching outfits, her hair in braids and beads. She is often smiling: eating vanilla ice cream from a waffle cone, giving a thumbs-up, standing on a park bench. In one photo, she strikes a more serious pose, holding a book.

Johns said Emily is her daughter’s first child and her first grandchild. Emily loves looking at books, her grandmother said, and knows the date she was born and how to spell her name.