Baltimore -- Homicide investigators have linked a 9-year-old boy to a shooting that killed a 15-year-old girl in the Southwest. I tracked it down. A neighborhood in the village of Edmondson on Saturday, officials said.
A boy, Lynnard, was among the children he was on the porch of Block 600 on the street, police said Sunday.
Police said the weapon he was carrying exploded around 8pm.
After the bullet came out of the gun and hit his 15-year-old Nykayia Strawder in the head, the 9-year-old dropped the gun and ran. rice field. according to the authorities.
Police initiallyStrode said she was 14.
An ambulance took his teenage girl to a local He was taken to a hospital in New York, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Police Chief Michael Harrison told reporters Saturday night that detectives "are working with several minor witnesses who have parents or guardians that we are trying to contact. ' said.
When officers checked the gun's serial number, they found she was registered to a woman who had an affair with the boy, police said.
Authorities said the women worked as armed guards.
According to Maryland law, and because he was a 9-year-old child, he cannot be charged with a crime, police said.
Strohder's father, Dontay Jones, said he was at home when the shooting occurred.
Jones said he was with his wife and children. , a "loud muffled noise" was heard from the front door. He said it was unclear if the sound was a gunshot.
Jones went downstairs to investigate and found Strohder bleeding "from the head, the back of the head, the side".
"There was blood all over the place, so I couldn't really tell," he said.
Jones said he wanted the man who shot his daughter to know that he had "robbed the world of a very precious angel." Without her, we would never be the same," he said.
Ströder's great-aunt Donyette McRae told her WJZ that before the shooting she had tensions between the 9-year-old boy and Strower's brother.
The two had a fight before a 9-year-old boy appeared outside the Strohder home with a gun.
"Her brother had two fights with him before this," McCray said.
Ströder's family seeks justice after a deadly shooting incident.
"He needs to take responsibility for his actions," McCray said. "I don't have a baby...she will never come back."
According to police records, Ströder was the fifth person to have been shot dead in the village of Edmondson in the past year. I am a teenager.
Investigators are working closely with the state attorney's office and charges that may be related to the shooting are pending.
At 6:30 p.m., Ströder's vigil is held at the site where she was shot and killed. on tuesday.
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Annie Rose Ramos joined the WJZ team in October 2019.
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