Khyara Tay.
Police are searching for the gunmen responsible for the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl on the streets of New York City.
“She was real outgoing, adventurous, willing to try new things, just like a bundle of joy,” a family friend told the station during a vigil Tuesday. “Any parent would ask for her as a child. Good grades, focused in school.”
“She came running in the store and kept rubbing her stomach and saying, ‘Ow, ow,'” witness Maya Jones said.
“When I opened her clothes and I see her bleeding, I see she got shot. I see the hole,” Pena said. “I told the lady in the nail salon, give me napkins, give me glove, give me something.”
Kyhara was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said. She died from her injuries.
“This is very very difficult for us to accept,” Deputy Chief Timothy McCormack said during a press conference. “This is the second child that was shot in this borough this year – an 11-month-old and now an 11-year-old. It is troubling that this is happening in our society today.”
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At Tuesday’s vigil, Kyhara’s aunt Norka Sanchez said the family was distraught over her unexpected death. “We’re talking about an 11-year-old girl with her whole future. Her whole family [is] devastated with this loss,” Sanchez said, according to WCBS.
“We want somebody to say something. Please, please, please say something if you know, please, because this is ridiculous,” she pleaded.
The NYPD and Crime Stoppers are offering up a combined reward of $10,000 to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.
NYPD Crime Stoppers can be contacted at (800) 577-8477, ortips can be submitted here.
source: people.com
