Phoenix police have arrested a man suspected in a shooting that critically injured a 5-year-old boy Wednesday night.

Phoenix police have arrested a man suspected in a shooting that critically injured a 5-year-old boy Wednesday night.

Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent Crump said 21-year-old Michaela Favela was arrested Thursday afternoon and booked into jail on charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, participating in a criminal street gang and drug charges.

Police say the shooting resulted from a physical fight near 29th Avenue and Taylor. Reportedly one of the people involved left the scene and returned with a group of people and fired several shots into a nearby home.

The young boy was reportedly shot in the chest as he slept on a sofa. An 18-year-old was also shot in the leg, police said.

Police say Favela was among 10 to 15 other unidentified males at the shooting scene and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact Phoenix Police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.

When ABC 15 tried to talk to witnesses and neighbors in the community, most said they were too afraid to speak because of all of the gang activity. Many feared they would be targeted if they even talked to the media about Wednesday night’s incident.

One man who has lived in the neighborhood for the past 30 years was courageous enough to explain why crime is so bad around the intersection of 29th Ave and Van Buren Street.

“It used to be a good neighborhood," said Robert Resendez.

In his eyes, that was more than a decade ago, before his own grandson was shot and killed in the community.

"Ever since I've been here there've been five or six killings, all teenagers,” Resendez said. “They fight amongst each other. It's real bad, really."

Neighbors say violence and gunfire happen every week in the community. Resendez has the bullet holes in his home and car to prove it.

Resendez is a native of Mexico. He was born there and raised there by his parents until he immigrated to Arizona during the days of World War II. He says things like crime did not get bad in his neighborhood until dozens of new Mexican immigrants moved in several years ago.

"Those [gang members] may shoot me and I'm afraid, especially for my grandkids."